Monster

Titolo originale: Monster
Regia: Patty Jenkins |
Anno: 2003
Origine: United States of America | Germany |
Generi: Crime Dramma
Tag: death penalty | prostitute | rape | sexual abuse | motel | based on true story | murder | betrayal | serial killer | poverty | prostitution | heartbreak | mental illness | woman director | female serial killer |
Cast: Charlize Theron | Christina Ricci | Bruce Dern | Lee Tergesen | Annie Corley | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Marco St. John | Marc Macaulay | Scott Wilson | Rus Blackwell | Tim Ware | Stephan Jones | Brett Rice | Kaitlin Riley | Cree Ivey | Catherine Mangan | Magdalena Manville | T. Robert Pigott | Romonda Shaver | Glenn R. Wilder | Elaine Stebbins | Kane Hodder | Christian Stokes | Lyllian Barcaski | Nonalee Davis | Bubba Baker | Al | Cannonball | Chad Vaccarino | Gene R. Stephenson | Jesse Stern | Billy Boylan | Jim R. Coleman | Chandra Leigh | Lori McDonald | Adam Brown | Ed Donovan |

La storia vera di Aileen Wuornos, una prostituta condannata a morte per sei omicidi e giustiziata in Florida nel 2002. La donna, si dichiarò colpevole, appellandosi però alla legittima difesa. I media americani la definirono "il primo serial killer donna" e la etichettarono come "mostro". Premessa: Charlize Theron merita, a meno di soprese clamorose, il premio quale migliore attrice della Berlinale. Perchè la sua è senz'altro una performance fisica che le deve essere costata non poco anche sul piano psicologico ma è soprattutto un esercizio acrobatico senza rete. Perché sarebbe bastato un nulla a lei, alla regista esordiente Patty Jenkins e alla co-star Christina Ricci per trasformare le vicende reali di questa coppia lesbica parzialmente on the road nelle gesta di due novelle Thelma e Louise del crimine.

Approfondimenti

Aileen uses a very battered .22LR cal Smith & Wesson Model 617 revolver in the film. In reality, the [...] D
The roller rink is Semoran Skateway in Casselberry, Florida. Fun World, where Selby and Aileen Wuorn [...] D
The two undercover bounty hunters in the film are based off of two undercover officers who assisted [...] D
After making this film, Patty Jenkins didn't make another film for 14 years. She released her second [...] D
Thomas hints that he fought in Vietnam during his conversation with Aileen. "What you're feeling rig [...] D
One of the undercover cops that arrests Aileen Wuornos at the end of the film is portrayed by Kane H [...] D
Charlize Theron's Best Actress Oscar win was this film's only Oscar nomination. D
At the beginning of the film, Lee tells Selby that she has a "pressure cleaning" business. The real [...] D
Charlize Theron ad-libbed the memorable line "Fuck you, Leslie!" D
Charlize Theron gained between 20 and 30 pounds and shaved her eyebrows to play Aileen Wuornos. Chri [...] D
Reese Witherspoon campaigned for the lead role. D
Steve Perry, former lead singer of the band Journey, was the music consultant. D
Selby is based on Tyria Moore, Aileen Wuornos' real-life girlfriend at the time of the murders. Selb [...] D
Patty Jenkins wrote the screenplay in seven weeks. Production was set up in two months. D
Patty Jenkins said that she screen-tested Kate Winslet, Heather Graham, Brittany Murphy, and Kate Be [...] D
Aileen Wuornos used a storage facility, like the one seen after she leaves Selby's house the morning [...] D
Charlize Theron said in an interview that she was confused when Patty Jenkins approached her for the [...] D
When Lee is first shown interacting with a john, she shows him a photo of two young children, saying [...] D
Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for playing Aileen Wuornos on 29th February 2004, Wuornos' bir [...] D
Charlize Theron said that after she won an Oscar for her performance, instead of people talking abou [...] D
Scott Wilson (Horton / Last "John") and Pruitt Taylor Vince (Gene / Stuttering "John") worked togeth [...] D
Kate Hudson was originally offered the role of Selby, but turned it down. D
Patty Jenkins' first and as of 2021, her only 18 rated film. D
Although Aileen Wuornos is American, she is portrayed by South African born Charlize Theron. D
Director Patty Jenkins' first full length motion picture after making two short films. She wouldn't [...] D
The biker bar scenes were filmed at The Last Resort, a bar frequented by the real-life Aileen Wuorno [...] D
The brutal assault of Aileen by a client was based on one of her many accounts of how she claimed he [...] D
Charlize Theron told Howard Stern during an interview that not everyone was impressed with her being [...] D
Aileen Wuornos, a notoriously uncooperative person, gave writer and director Patty Jenkins access to [...] D
When out job hunting, Aileen mentions something about "giving the baby up" when she was thirteen. Th [...] D
A Beverly Hills pawn shop sold the gun Charlize Theron used in this movie for $4,500. D
"Fuck" and its permutations is spoken 189 times. D
At 5'10 Charlize Theron is 6 inches taller than Aileen Wuornos who was 5'4. D
Scott Wilson turned down the small role of Horton several times before finally agreeing to play it. [...] D
According to Patty Jenkins, the film was shot in twenty-eight days. As many as four scenes, or nine [...] D