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Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-11-01
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Channel 4 Television, Lafayette Film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aileen Wuornos as Self
- Nick Broomfield as Self
- Arlene Pralle as Self
- Tyria Moore as Self - Aileen's Girlfriend
- Mike Reynolds as Self - Biographer
- Steve Glazer as Self - Lawyer
- Merle Cannonball as Self - Bartender, Last Resort
- Jesse 'The Human Bomb' Aviles as Self
- Brian Jarvis as Self
- Stéphane Markcovich as Self
- Michael McCarthy as Self
- Dick Mills as Self
Crew
- Nick Broomfield - Director
- Nick Broomfield - Writer
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