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Lizzie Borden Took an Ax

  • TV Movie
  • 20142014
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 27m
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Christina Ricci in Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014)
The true story of Lizzie Borden, a young woman tried and acquitted in the 1892 murders of her father and stepmother.
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In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
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    • Nick Gomez
    • Stephen Kay
  • Stars
    • Christina Ricci
    • Clea DuVall
    • Gregg Henry
    • Nick Gomez
    • Stephen Kay
  • Stars
    • Christina Ricci
    • Clea DuVall
    • Gregg Henry
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    • 65User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Christina Ricci, Sara Botsford, Clea DuVall, and Stephen McHattie in Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014)
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    Christina Ricci
    Christina Ricci
    • Lizzie Borden
    Clea DuVall
    Clea DuVall
    • Emma Borden
    Gregg Henry
    Gregg Henry
    • Hosea Knowlton
    Stephen McHattie
    Stephen McHattie
    • Andrew Borden
    Shawn Doyle
    Shawn Doyle
    • Marshall Hilliard
    Sara Botsford
    Sara Botsford
    • Abby Morse Borden
    Hannah Emily Anderson
    Hannah Emily Anderson
    • Bridget Sullivan
    • (as Hannah Anderson)
    Andrea Runge
    Andrea Runge
    • Alice Russell
    Billy Campbell
    Billy Campbell
    • Andrew Jennings
    Brett Donahue
    Brett Donahue
    • Marshall Fleet
    Jeremy Akerman
    Jeremy Akerman
    • Judge Blaidsell
    John Dunsworth
    John Dunsworth
    • Dr. Bowen
    Gary Levert
    • Mayor Coughlin
    John Maclaren
    John Maclaren
    • Rev. Edwin A. Buck
    Andrew Gillies
    Andrew Gillies
    • Judge Mason
    Andrew Bush
    Andrew Bush
    • Medical Examiner
    Glenn Lefchak
    • Eli Bence
    Brian Downey
    Brian Downey
    • Jury Foreman
      • Nick Gomez
      • Stephen Kay
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    • Trivia
      The Medical Examiner's Assistant was an uncredited courtesy role created by the film's producers for Jono Borden, an author and regional authority on the Borden family based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was asked to consult on his family's history and offered an appearance onscreen. The irony of his casting saw him assist in the fictionalized depiction of the postmortem examinations of his very real cousins, Andrew and Abby Borden, and in an alternate courtroom scene cut from the final film, present the exhumed skulls of his relations to the jurors.
    • Goofs
      Early in the film there are noticeable telephone poles which weren't around during the time period in which the film takes place.
    • Connections
      Followed by The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Psychotic Girl
      Written by Dan Auerbach and Patrick J. Carney

      Performed by The Black Keys

    User reviews65

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    5/10
    Lizzy Borden and Rock and Roll??
    I think this movie could have been a truly good film. Unfortunately, the mixture of this period film with rock and roll music and synthesizer music makes this almost unbearable. The acting is good and the scenery is well done. Costumes are perfect for the period. Christina Ricci plays the part well as she does with most of the roles she takes on. I also like Clea Duvall as Emma. She does a great job opposite Ricci. I only wish that Nick Gomez would have hired someone to do the music that would have put the scenes with music that fit the period. I think some piano, violin, and other strings would have been much more suitable to this film. Occasionally there is some nice creepy music over some scenes, but in the transitions between scenes we are forced to hear Sons Of Jezebel's song "Whoo Boy". It just doesn't fit. Overall this movie was a let down.
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    • iliveforhim1976
    • Jan 25, 2014

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      • January 25, 2014 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Magic Rock Productions
      • Sony Pictures Television
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
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