Monster
Monster is a 2003 American biographical crime drama film written and directed by Patty Jenkins in her feature directorial debut. 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 as Wuornos and Christina Ricci as her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos's real-life girlfriend, Tyria Moore).
Plot
In 1989, after moving from Michigan to Daytona Beach, Florida, and on the verge of committing suicide, street prostitute Aileen "Lee" Wuornos meets another woman named Selby Wall in a gay bar. Although she is initially hostile and declares that she is not a lesbian, Aileen talks to Selby while drinking beer. Selby takes to Aileen almost immediately and invites her to spend the night with her. The two women return to the house where Selby is staying after being temporarily exiled by her religious parents following the accusation from another girl that Selby tried to kiss her. They later agree to meet at a roller skating rink, and they kiss for the first time. Aileen and Selby fall in love and agree to meet for another date the following evening.
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author | Patty Jenkins |
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award | Academy Award for Best Actress |
contentLocation | Florida |
director | Patty Jenkins |
editor | Arthur Coburn Jane Kurson |
events | Aileen Wuornos capital punishment prostitution serial killer |
genre | crime drama thriller |
keywords | aileen lee wuornos arrest biker bar claim drink drive end even exile first time gay bar hatred kill lethal injection listen love michigan move ohio police officer reject roller skating run away sentenced to death skate steering wheel stolen cars street prostitute street prostitution than the work experience |
musicBy | BT |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress |
producer | Brad Wyman Charlize Theron Clark Peterson Donald Kushner Mark Damon |
publisher | Newmarket Films |
theme | biographical biographical drama buddy female buddy girls with guns independent rape rape and revenge romantic drama serial killer |