Monster (2003 film)
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| Directed by | Patty Jenkins |
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Charlize Theron Mark Damon Clark Peterson Donald Kushner Brad Wyman |
| Written by | Patty Jenkins |
| Starring | Charlize Theron Christina Ricci Bruce Dern Lee Tergesen |
| Music by | BT |
| Cinematography | Steven Bernstein |
| Edited by | Arthur Coburn Jane Kurson |
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| Distributed by | Newmarket Films |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $60.4 million |
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| Soundtrack album by BT | |
| Released | January 30, 2004 |
| Label | dts Entertainment |
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 girlfriend Tyria Moore), was played by Christina Ricci. Patty Jenkins wrote and directed the film.
Theron received critical acclaim and won seventeen awards for her portrayal, including the Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress.
After moving from Michigan to Florida, Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute, meets Selby Wall in a gay bar. After initial hostility and declaring that she is not gay, Aileen talks to Selby over beers. Selby takes to Aileen almost immediately, as she likes that she is very protective of her. Selby invites her to spend the night with her. They return to the house where Selby is staying (temporarily exiled by her 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, but they have nowhere to go, so Selby goes back to her aunt's home.
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