Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Sep 9, 2003

1h 29m

★ 6.7

The 2002 Interviews.

Overview

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

Genres

Documentary

Crime

Production Companies

Lafayette Films

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Trailers

Cast

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Aileen Wuornos

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Nick Broomfield

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Diane Wuornos

Self (archive footage)

Arlene Pralle

Self (archive footage)

Tyria Moore

Self

Dawn Botkins

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Michelle Chauvin

Self (archive footage)

Dick Mills

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Dennis Allen

Self (archive footage)

Jeb Bush

Self (archive footage)

Joe Hobson

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Steve Glazer

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