In Theaters: December 24, 2003 (limited)
December 26, 2003 (limited)
December 26, 2003 (limited)
January 9, 2004 (limited)
R | 1h 51m | Drama
A dark tale based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's first female serial killers. Wuornos had a difficult and cruel childhood plagued by abuse and drug use in Michigan. She became a prostitute by the age of thirteen, the same year she became pregnant. She eventually moved to Florida where she began earning a living as a highway prostitute--servicing the desires of semi-truck drivers. The tale focuses on the nine month period between 1989 and 1990, during which Wuornos had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Selby. And during that very same time, she also began murdering any of her clientele who attempted to rape her. This turned the tables on a rather common phenomena of female highway prostitutes being the victims of serial killers--instead Wuornos, herself, carried out the deeds of a cold-blooded killer.
Director: | Patty Jenkins |
Studio: | Newmarket Films |
Producer(s): | Charlize Theron, Mark Damon, Donald Kushner, Brad Wyman, Clark Peterson |
Cast: | Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Scott Wilson, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Lee Tergeson, Annie Corley |
Writer(s): | Patty Jenkins |
Official Site: | www.monsterfilm.com |