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Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer is a 1992 documentary film about Aileen Wuornos, made by Nick Broomfield. It documents Broomfield's attempts to interview Wuornos, which involves a long process of mediation through her adoptive mother, Arlene Pralle, and her lawyer, Steve Glazer.

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
US film poster
Directed by	Nick Broomfield
Written by	Nick Broomfield
Starring	Aileen Wuornos Nick Broomfield
Cinematography	Barry Ackroyd
Release date	November 1992 (1992-November)
Running time	87 minutes
Language	English

The film essentially highlights the exploitation of Wuornos by those around her and questions the fairness of her trial, given the vested interests of the police.

The film was used by the defense in the Wuornos trial in 2001 to highlight the incompetence of Wuornos' original lawyer. It was through this process that Broomfield decided to make a second film, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer.

For the feature film Monster, Charlize Theron used this film as source material, apparently watching clips in-between takes in order to perfect her character. For her performance, Theron won a Best Actress Oscar, awarded on what would have been Wuornos's birthday.[1][2]

Synopsis

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Cast

• Aileen Wuornos as Herself[3]
• Nick Broomfield as Himself – Interviewer
• Jesse Aviles as Himself (Jesse "The Human Bomb" Aviles)
• Cannonball as Himself
• Steve Glazer as Himself
• Sgt. Brian Jarvis as Himself
• Michael McCarthy as Himself
• Dick Mills as Himself
• Arlene Pralle as Herself
• Mike Reynolds as Himself

Awards

• 1993 – Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival

References

External links

• Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer at IMDb
• Official Nick Broomfield website
• Nick Broomfield on meeting Aileen Wuornos (Video interview from Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary)

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