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Monster

Year:
Duration:
109 min
Genres:
Biography | Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Patty Jenkins
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 25 wins & 16 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2004-01-30
Filming Locations: Casselberry, Florida, USA
Earnings
Budget: $4,500,000
Opening Weekend: $86,831 (USA) (28 December 2003)
Gross: $34,469,210 (USA) (3 June 2004)
Cast
Actor
Character
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
Monster
Christina Ricci
Selby
Bruce Dern
Thomas
Lee Tergesen
Vincent Corey
Annie Corley
Donna
Marco St. John
Evan / Undercover "John"
Marc Macaulay
Will / Daddy "John"
Scott Wilson
Horton / Last "John"
Rus Blackwell
Cop
Tim Ware
Chuck
Stephan Jones
Lawyer
Brett Rice
Charles
Kaitlin Riley
Teenage Aileen
Cree Ivey
7-Year-Old Aileen
Catherine Mangan
Justy
Magdalena Manville
Bar Lap Girl
T. Robert Pigott
Bartender
Romonda Shaver
Employment Agent
Glenn R. Wilder
Restaurant Manager
Elaine Stebbins
Wife at Accident
Kane Hodder
Undercover Cop
Christian Stokes
Undercover Cop (as Christian Page Stokes)
Lyllian Barcaski
Bar Girl
Nonalee Davis
Bar Girl
Bubba Baker
Cubby
Al
Himself (at the Last Resort)
Cannonball
Himself
Chad Vaccarino
Trevor
Gene R. Stephenson
Judge (as Honorable Gene R. Stephenson)
Jesse Stern
Skate Rink Attendant
Bill Boylan
Police Chief
Jim R. Coleman
Newscaster
Chandra Leigh
Cute Teenage Attendant
Lori McDonald
Attendant
Adam Brown
Attendant
Robb Chamberlain
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Ed Donovan
State Prison Guard (uncredited)
Khris Gibston
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Aileen Wuornos did use a storage facility, like the one seen after she leaves Selby's home the morning after they first met. Although it's shown only before the killing spree in the movie, she actually kept some of her victims' belongings in that storage, while selling others to pawn shops, which eventually led to her thumbprint identification and subsequent arrest.
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When Lee is first shown interacting with a john, she shows him a photo of two young children claiming to be her children, and says she's trying to reach them and needed some cash for that. According to the 1992 documentary "The Selling of a Serial Killer", the real Aileen Wuornos actually used this method to lure her johns into giving her money in exchange for sexual favors because her physical appearance was starting to degrade quickly on account of her wild lifestyle. She showed photos of her adoptive sister's children claiming to be her own children, which turns out to by her aunt's children (Aileen's cousins, for that matter), since Aileen was legally adopted by her own grandparents after her biological mother left her when she was still an infant.
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Charlize Theron ad-libbed the memorable line "Fuck you, Leslie!"
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Goofs
The opportunistic and abusive policeman that stops Aileen Wuornos on the sidewalk under the pretense of having received 'complaints' is driving a Ford Crown Victoria model released in the mid-1990s. This police vehicle did not exist any time before she was finally incarcerated for her killing spree.
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The taxi that drops off Selby when she picks up her clothes is a 1993 Crown Victoria
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A revolver is not restricted to only hold six rounds of ammunition. Most large frame .22 caliber revolvers (the type of revolver used in the film and by 'Aileen Wuornos') hold more than six bullets, with nine rounds being the most common in .22 caliber revolvers. The ammunition is much smaller, thus the cylinder of the revolver can easily hold and fire more than six rounds before reloading.
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Quotes
Aileen: People always look down their noses at hookers. Never give you a chance, because they think you took the easy way out, when no one could imagine the willpower it took to do what we do. Walking the streets, night after night, taking the hits and still getting back up.
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Aileen: [both characters break down in each other's arms] You'll come back to me and, you'll come back?
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Aileen: Fuckin' office job! Who the fuck wants a job like that? You fuckin' sit at a little desk, you got your little phone, you got your little fuckin' piece of paper, your little pen, you write shit down, blah blah blah. Fuck, a monkey could do that shit man!
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Faq
Q
Was Aileen Wuornos really raped as depicted in the film?
A
It is tough to say. During her trial, Wuornos gave a graphic testimony in which she described being tied up, tortured, and raped by Richard Mallory, her first victim. However, in Nick Broomfield's documentary, "Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer", she claimed that this story was made up and that she shot him so she could take his car. Later, when she thought the cameras were off, she claimed that she had in fact been raped, and that she only said that she shot Mallory in cold blood so she could be executed to avoid life in prison. What we do know is that Richard Mallory had previously spent ten years in prison for aggravated rape.
Q
Was Aileen Wuornos really America's first female serial killer?
A
No. Although widely reported as such during her trial, Wuornos was not the first American woman to commit serial murders. In fact, over 80 have been recorded. However, her murders were different from those of other female serial killers and were more typical of those committed by men, i.e., she killed outdoors instead of at home, used a gun instead of poison/suffocation, killed strangers instead of friends/family, and killed for personal gratification instead of financial gain.
Q
Is "Monster" based on a book?
A
No. Monster is based on the original screenplay by director Patty Jenkins. However, the character of Aileen "Lee" Wuornos (Charlize Theron) is based on the real-life serial killer of the same name.
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Photos from cast
Charlize Theron Pruitt Taylor Vince
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