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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
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21 November 2003 (UK)
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Nick Broomfield's second documentary on Aileen Carol Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was executed in 2002 for killing seven men in the state of Florida. This second installment includes the filmmaker's testimony at Wournous's trial. | add synopsis
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Documentary Filmmaker Helping Hollywood Producer
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Michael Moore Would Learn Something From This Documentary
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Aileen Wuornos | ... | Herself | |
| Nick Broomfield | ... | Himself | |
| Terry Humphreys-Slay | ... | Herself - daughter of victim | |
| Leitha Prather | ... | Herself - sister of victim | |
| Shirley Humphreys | ... | Herself - wife of victim | |
| Joe Hobson | ... | Himself - attorney | |
| Steve Glazer | ... | Himself | |
| Dawn Botkins | ... | Herself - friend | |
| Arlene Pralle | ... | Herself - friend | |
| Tyria Moore | ... | Herself - friend | |
| Muriel Blount | ... | Herself (archive footage) (as Judge Muriel Blount) | |
| Danny Caldwell | ... | Himself - witness | |
| Jerry Moss | ... | Himself - witness | |
| Michelle Chauvin | ... | Herself - witness | |
| Dennis Allen | ... | Himself - childhood friend |
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Rated R for language, including violent and sexual dialogue.
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Aileen Wuornos:
May your wife and kids get raped - right in the ass.
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Featured in The 50 Greatest Documentaries (2005) (TV)
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This is a documentary dealing with the appeal of Aileen Wuornos murder convictions . Don't worry I have no idea who she was either and it's only when I'm told that Charlize Theron played her in MONSTER that I discovered who she was . Try asking someone who Aileen Wuornos was and they'll give a similar blank response , and it's only with the words " Charlize Theron - Monster " that their memory will be jogged . Somewhat sad that an acting performance is better known than a series of real life crimes
Nick Broomfield's documentary is black comedy of the highest order , he's worth a myriad of Michael Moores' and lets the facts speak for themselves . Wuornos employed " Dr Legal " at her original trial , a man , or rather spaced out hippy , with no legal experience and no office who attended court after smoking as many as seven joints . I can respect Dr Legal as a toker but how on Earth was someone like that able to defend someone on multiple murder charges ? We're later shown someone claiming being gay is a very modern invention :
" Where were the gays years ago ? "
" In the closet ? "
" No there weren't any gays years ago , they didn't exist back then . Were there any gays when you were at school ? "
" I went to a British public school . We invented it along with the Greeks "
Broomfield is very much anti death penalty and he's also very much against the cheque book circus that surrounded the case , but perhaps the beauty of this documentary is that despite being biased Broomfield doesn't feel the need to twist facts into lies or treat the audience as retarded schoolchildren , if you agree with the death penalty this documentary won't change your mind but does raise serious questions about the American legal system