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The 2007 film An American Crime is directly based upon the life and murder of Sylvia Likens. Directed by Indiana native Tommy O'Haver and distributed by First Look Studios, the movie cast Elliot Page as Sylvia Likens and Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski. [195] The Girl Next Door is loosely based
An American Crime is a 2007 American psychological horror drama [1] film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page [a] and Catherine Keener. The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis single mother Gertrude Baniszewski. It premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. [2]
Metacritic gives the film a score of 29% based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [4] Stephen King said about the film, "The first authentically shocking American film I've seen since Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer over 20 years ago. If you are easily disturbed, you should not watch this movie.
Everest '82 (2007) – Canadian survival drama miniseries telling the true story of the first Canadians to climb Mount Everest [61] The Final Season (2007) – sport drama film based on the true story of Kent Stock, who in 1991 took on what he perceives as the job of a lifetime as head coach of the Norway High School Tigers baseball team [62]
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
Considered an early film noir, [3] the film was the second directed by Lang in the United States. [4] At least 15 minutes were trimmed from the original 100-minute version of the film due to its then unprecedented violence. [5] Despite the removal of such scenes, the film is widely considered an early film noir classic. [6]
The movie tells the story of five Mexican American high schoolers — Joe Treviño, Gene Vasquez, Felipe Romero, Mario Lomas and Lupe Felan — who were caddies at a country club in Del Rio, Texas ...
After reading the Wikipedia entries for Sylvia Likens and Gertrude Baniszewski I think that "loosely" based would probably be more accurate. The story presented in the book differs on a large number of points from what is presented on those Wikipedia pages. For example the book is set in another decade than the real murder of Sylvia Likens.