| Monster | |
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| 1 Nomination / 1 Win | |
| Year | 2003 |
| Director | Patty Jenkins |
| Writer | Patty Jenkins |
| Starring | Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern |
| 76th Academy Awards | |
Monster is a 2003 crime drama film about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a former prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men (she was not tried for a seventh murder) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wuornos was played by Charlize Theron, and her fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos' real-life companion Tyria Moore), was played by Christina Ricci. Patty Jenkins wrote and directed the film.
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A dark tale based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's first female serial killers. She moved to Florida where she began earning a living as a highway prostitute. 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 clientele in order to get money without using sex. 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.
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