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About
In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.
Theatrical
Jan 30, 2004
Box Office
$58.5M
Budget
$8.0M
Return
7.3x
Theaters
1
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Music
Studio
Media 8 Entertainment, DEJ Productions, K/W Productions, Denver & Delilah Productions, VIP Medienfonds 2, MDP Worldwide, Taurus Film
Quotes
See all →Love and Sacrifice in a Difficult Goodbye
Selby
I just wanna live, Lee. I just want a normal happy life. I don't know why you did this.
Aileen
Because I love you. Because I love you and I never wanna to lose you and that's all. I love you from my heart, my soul, my mind. And I never let you down. All right? Because it was me. It was only me. And I'll tell them that, ok. It's over for me now. And I'm never gonna see you again.
Selby
Yeah, I know.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Understanding Guilt and Circumstance in Survival
Aileen
Everybody just thinks I'm this bad shitty fucking person, and all I'm fucking tryin to do is survive, you know?
Thomas
I know. I know what you do for a living. It doesn't bother me. I know you didn't dial it up on a goddamn telephone. That's where you landed. That's what you had to do. What you're feeling right now is just guilt, over something you had absolutely no control over. You know how many of us came back from the war? And almost killed ourselves because we felt exactly the same thing you do, right now.
Aileen
Yeah?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Charlize Theron
Aileen Wuornos
C
Christina Ricci
Selby Wall
B
Bruce Dern
Thomas
L
Lee Tergesen
Vincent Corey
A
Annie Corley
Donna
P
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Gene / Stuttering "John"
M
Marco St. John
Evan / Undercover "John"
M
Marc Macaulay
Will / Daddy "John"
S
Scott Wilson
Horton / Last "John"
R
Rus Blackwell
Cop
T
Tim Ware
Chuck
S
Stephan Jones
Lawyer
B
Brett Rice
Charles
K
Kaitlin Riley
Teenage Aileen
C
Cree Ivey
7-Year-Old Aileen
C
Catherine Mangan
Justy
M
Magdalena Manville
Bar Lap Girl
G
Glenn R. Wilder
Restaurant Manager
E
Elaine Stebbins
Wife at Accident
K
Kane Hodder
Undercover Cop
