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Monster [videorecording] / Newmarket Films in association with Media 8 Entertainment and DEJ Productions present a K/W Productions and Denver & Delilah Films production in association with VIP Medienfonds 2/MDP Filmproduktion, a Patty Jenkins film ; produced by Donald Kushner, Brad Wyman, Charlize Theron, Mark Damon, Clark Peterson ; written and directed by Patty Jenkins.

Jenkins, Patty, Writer and Director. (Author). McAvoy, Edward T., 1949- (Added Author). Meyers, Rhona. (Added Author). B. T, 1971- (Added Author). Kurson, Jane. (Added Author). Bernstein, Steven. (Added Author). Wilson, Scott, 1942- (Added Author). Taylor-Vince, Pruitt, 1960- (Added Author). St. John, Marco, 1939- (Added Author). Corley, Annie. (Added Author). Tergesen, Lee. (Added Author). Dern, Bruce. (Added Author). Ricci, Christina. (Added Author). Jenkins, Patty. (Added Author). Peterson, Clark. (Added Author). Damon, Mark, 1933- (Added Author). Theron, Charlize. (Added Author). Wyman, Brad. (Added Author). Kushner, Donald. (Added Author). Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Denver & Delilah Films Firm. (Added Author). K/W Productions Firm. (Added Author). DEJ Productions, Inc. (Added Author). Media 8 Entertainment Films. (Added Author). Newmarket Films. (Added Author). Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Marco St. John, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Scott Wilson (Cast).

Summary:

Based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who was executed in 2002 for the brutal murders of at least 6 men in Florida. Homeless most of her life, Wuornos subsisted by working as a prostitute. In Florida, down to her last five dollars and pondering suicide, she stopped into a bar for a beer where she meets Selby. One night, after a john attacks her, Aileen pulls a gun and kills the man. Aileen's loathing for the men who pay her for sex becomes so extreme that she begins killing her customers regardless of their behavior

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
  • Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Special features: featurette; theatrical trailer; interview with Patty Jenkins and BT; international trailer
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003
Digital video disc
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Steven Bernstein ; editors, Jane Kurson, Arthur Coburn ; music, BT ; costume designer, Rhona Meyers ; production designer, Edward T. McAvoy
Participant or Performer Note:
Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Marco St. John, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Scott Wilson
Target Audience Note:
Rating RESTRICTED - Strong violence and sexual content - Pervasive language
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only
Language Note:
Includes audio tracks in English and French with subtitles in French
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Awards Note:
Academy Award for Best Actress (Theron), 2003
Subject: Wuornos, Aileen > Fiction.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Criminal behavior > Fiction.
Women serial murderers > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Sechelt/Gibsons. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Sechelt Public Library.

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