The Bling Ring

Erin Daniels

Emma Watson

Maika Monroe

Halston Sage

Nicole Alexandra Shipley

Katie Chang

Israel Broussard

Claire Julien

Taissa Farmiga

Georgia Rock

Leslie Mann

Carlos Miranda

Gavin Rossdale

Stacy Edwards

G. Mac Brown

Marc Coppola

Janet Song

Annie Fitzgerald

Lorenzo Hunt

Timothy Starks

Rich Ceraulo

Joe Nieves

Nelson Rockford

Doug DeBeech

Patricia Lentz

Michelle Alegria

Stacey Turner

Brian Gattas

Logan Miller

Marcia Ann Burrs

Michael Yo

Marshall Bell

Brenda Koo

Isabel Lasker

Adea Lennox

Keenan Henson

Rachelle Carson

Peter Bigler

Chad Brannon

Zoe Sidel

Cari Champion

Nina Siemaszko

Bailey Coppola

Yolanda Lloyd Delgado

Linc Hand

Brett Goodkin

Paris Hilton

Kevin Spencer

Bobby Ashhurst

Karl Risinger

Dale Champion

Deidre Arrington

Lauren Conrad

Rebecca Cook

Kevin Deon

Kirsten Dunst

Mark Heidelberger

Nick Areis Karim

Lindsay Lohan

Samuel Marcus

Orion McCabe

Gabe Mendez

Heidi Montag

Audrina Patridge

Spencer Pratt

Jennifer Shumaker

Roald Smeets

Erika Stillwater

Minn Vo

Is this film based on a true story and if so, where can I find it?

The film is based on the story of several affluent teenagers and young adults from well heeled families who burglarised the homes of high-profile celebrities in wealthy areas of Los Angeles; they stole an excess of $3 million in clothing and jewelry from Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and other celebrities. They seemed less motivated by monetary gain than by "celebrity worship" and their own desires for celebrity (though "infamy" may be a better word) as well as designer clothes and goods. Few of the goods were ever fenced or fenced intelligently, and that which was seems to have been done so cheaply. Despite years of indoctrination from shows like Law and Order and the many iterations of CSI, little care was paid to avoid leaving fingerprints and other evidence of their "visits" to the homes or to otherwise concealing the crimes. The thieves also bragged often and freely to friends and acquaintance both. Amazingly, much of the more outrageous dialogue from the film is taken verbatim from the article and the thieves themselves. The original Vanity Fair article by Nancy Jo Sales entitled The Suspects Wore Louboutins may be found here. Sales subsequently wrote a book on the group of thieves, The Bling Ring, which goes further into depth about the events surrounding the burglaries.