Lee Tergesen as Vincent Corey (based on Richard Mallory).Christina Ricci as Selby Wall (based on Tyria Moore).Charlize Theron as Aileen "Lee" Wuornos.On October 9, 2002, Aileen is executed by lethal injection. Aileen is convicted of the murders and sentenced to death. During Aileen's trial, Selby testifies against her, with Aileen's loving consent. To protect Selby, Aileen admits that she committed the murders alone. Selby reveals some incriminating information over the telephone and Aileen realizes that the police are listening in. Aileen speaks to Selby one last time while in jail. The two men eventually lure Aileen out of the bar and she is promptly arrested by the police. Aileen declines, no longer trusting herself with the well-being of anyone dear to her. Thomas, whom Aileen always referred to as the only friend she had, infers the men's intentions and offers to drive her off. The night of her arrest, Aileen is approached at the biker bar she frequents by two strangers, who unbeknownst to her are bounty hunters. She confronts Aileen, who justifies her actions by claiming she had only been protecting herself. However, Selby reads in the newspapers about the string of murders, and she begins to suspect that Aileen may have committed them. Aileen uses the money she stole from her victims to support herself and Selby. She also shows a predisposition to spare another man who, instead of exploiting her, offers help, but finds herself forced to shoot him after he spots her gun. She spares one man out of pity when he admits he has never had sex with a prostitute. She robs and kills her johns, each killed in a more brutal way than the last, as she is convinced that they are all trying to rape her. Desperate for money, Aileen returns to prostitution. Aileen decides to find legitimate work, but because of her lack of qualifications and criminal history, prospective employers reject her and are openly hostile.
She confesses her actions to Selby, who has been angry with her for her failure to support both of them. Aileen and Selby fall in love, but they have nowhere to go, so Selby goes back to her aunt's home.Īfter being brutally raped and beaten by a client, Vincent Corey, Aileen kills him in self-defense and decides to quit prostitution. They later agree to meet at a roller skating rink, and they kiss for the first time. The two women 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). Selby invites Aileen to spend the night with her. Selby takes to Aileen almost immediately, as she likes that she is very protective of her. Although she is initially hostile and declares that she is not gay, Aileen talks to Selby while drinking beer. In 1989, after moving from Michigan to Daytona Beach, Florida, and on the verge of committing suicide, street prostitute Aileen Wuornos meets Selby Wall in a gay bar. The film was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2003. Theron's acting has received critical acclaim film critic Roger Ebert called Theron's role "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema".
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The film received a large number of awards and nominations, in particular for Theron's role, including the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Lead Actress, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, and also the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature (Patty Jenkins). Monster received positive reviews from critics and achieved box office success, grossing $64.2 million on an $8 million budget. The film was theatrically released in the United States on December 24, 2003, by Newmarket Films. On February 8, 2004, it premiered at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear, while Theron won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Monster had its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 16, 2003. It stars Charlize Theron (who also produced) as Wuornos, and Christina Ricci as her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos's real-life girlfriend Tyria Moore).
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The film is about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a street prostitute who murdered seven of her male clients between 19 and was executed in Florida in 2002.
Monster is a 2003 American biographical crime drama film written and directed by Patty Jenkins in her feature directorial debut.