Release Date: Jan 25, 2005 Region: 1 Runtime: 109 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: DTS 5.1 [CC]
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: [None] Packaging: Keep Case Rating: R Features:
Commentary With Director Patty Jenkins, Producer Clark Petersen Deleted and Extended Scenes Monster: The Vision and The Journey Bonus Previews Featurette: Monster "Surrounded" Interview with Patty Jenkins and BT (Composer) Film Mixing Demo
Critics have universally praised Charlise Theron's performance in Monster and the praise, for once, is astonishingly deserved. The gorgeous star of The Italian Job and The Cider House Rules vanishes into the character of Aileen Wuornos, a real-life serial killer and prostitute who murdered at least seven men in Florida. Monster traces her relationship with a young woman named Selby (Christina Ricci), which intertwines with Wuornos's murder spree. This remarkable movie finds compassion for Wuornos but unflinchingly faces her brutal crimes; Theron expresses this woman's horrific life history without softening her terrifying, dead-eyed stare. This is a gripping, devastating performance, a physical and psychological transformation comparable to Robert DeNiro's in Raging Bull. The movie's moral and emotional complexity wouldn't succeed without this searing performance--but succeed it does, and it will stick with you for some time afterwards. Those interested in the back story may also want to seek out Nick Broomfield's documentaries on Wuornos. --Bret Fetzer
Release Date: Oct 11, 2004 Audio:
DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Features:
Commentary With Patty Jenkins Clark Peterson And Charlize Theron Film Making Demo Making Of Monster Documentary Timeline Chronology Of Aileen Wuornos Interview With Patty Jenkins And BT Three Theatrical Trailers
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