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The film follows serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a street prostitute who murdered seven of her male clients between 1989 and 1990 and was executed in Florida in 2002. It stars Charlize Theron (who also produced) as Wuornos, and Christina Ricci as her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos's real-life girlfriend, Tyria Moore).
Monster: Directed by Patty Jenkins. With Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen. Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
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Dec 19, 2023 · In addition to documentaries, books, and an opera, her story was depicted in the 2003 movie Monster, starring Charlize Theron, and more recently, 2021’s Aileen Wuornos: American...
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Mar 10, 2024 · 'Monster' Is Based on Real-Life Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos. Patty Jenkins said that Aileen's conflicted life drove her to her story. Throughout the movie, Wuornos, at the time working...
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Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer. Starring Charlize Theron in her Academy Award winning role as Wuornos and Christina Ricci. 4,491 IMDb 7.3 1 h 48 min 2004. R.
Jan 1, 2004 · Written and directed by. Patty Jenkins. What Charlize Theron achieves in Patty Jenkins' "Monster" isn't a performance but an embodiment. With courage, art and charity, she empathizes with Aileen Wuornos, a damaged woman who committed seven murders. She does not excuse the murders.
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Aileen Wuornos, an aging prostitute, meets Selby at a bar in Daytona Beach. Self-absorbed Selby likes Aileen almost immediately; she likes that 'Lee' wants to attend to her hand and foot and take care of her. At a roller rink, Aileen displays her ability to ascertain men's abnormal sexual proclivities at a glance.