Monster /
Monster /
K/W Productions and Denver & Delilah Films ; in association with VIP Medienfonds and MDP Filmproduktion ; a film written and directed by Patty Jenkins.
- 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on a true story.
Trailer
Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen.
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 her clientèle in order to get money without using sex. This turned the tables on a rather common phenomenon of female highway prostitutes being the victims of serial killers--instead Wuornos, herself, carried out the deeds of a cold-blooded killer.
ICAA Rating: Not recommended for audiences under 18.
DVD ; region 2 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
English and Spanish dialogues, with subtitles in English and Spanish.
Academy Award for Best Actress in 2003 (Charlize Theron).
Wuornos, Aileen--Biography
Biographical films
Feature films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on a true story.
Trailer
Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen.
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 her clientèle in order to get money without using sex. This turned the tables on a rather common phenomenon of female highway prostitutes being the victims of serial killers--instead Wuornos, herself, carried out the deeds of a cold-blooded killer.
ICAA Rating: Not recommended for audiences under 18.
DVD ; region 2 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
English and Spanish dialogues, with subtitles in English and Spanish.
Academy Award for Best Actress in 2003 (Charlize Theron).
Wuornos, Aileen--Biography
Biographical films
Feature films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films