Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
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1992 · Movie · 1h 27m · R
The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of murders. Broomfield conducts interviews with Wuornos herself, and his crew films her trial as well as her interactions with religious fanatic Arlene Pralle, who gives Wuornos dubious advice and legally adopts her. The cameras also roll as the accused's attorney ignores the case at hand to negotiate a deal to sell his client's story.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
78 audience votes
Key crew
- Nick BroomfieldDirector
- Nick BroomfieldWriter
- David BergeaudOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Aileen WuornosSelf
- Nick BroomfieldSelf
- Arlene PralleSelf
- Tyria MooreSelf - Aileen's Girlfriend
- Mike ReynoldsSelf - Biographer
- Steve GlazerSelf - Lawyer
- Merle CannonballSelf - Bartender, Last Resort
- Jesse 'The Human Bomb' AvilesSelf
- Brian JarvisSelf
- Stéphane MarkcovichSelf
- Michael McCarthySelf
- Dick MillsSelf
Stills
Themes
prisondeath rowopportunistcrooked lawyerserial killerpolice corruptionexploitation of friendshippublic defenderlegal systemfemale serial killerwomen in prisondefense lawyer