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Murder of Sylvia Likens. Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. The abuse lasted for three months, occurring incrementally, before Likens died from her ...
An American Crime. An American Crime is a 2007 American crime drama 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.
Furuta was born on 18 January 1971 and grew up in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, where she lived with her parents, older brother, and younger brother. [5] At the time of her murder, she was a 17-year-old senior at Yashio-Minami High School [], and worked a part-time job at a plastic molding factory from October 1988 to save up money for a planned graduation trip. [6]
English. Jack Ketchum 's The GIRL Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's Evil) is a 2007 American psychological horror - thriller film directed by Gregory M. Wilson from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. It is based on Jack Ketchum 's 1989 novel of the same name, [1] which was inspired by the real-life murder of Sylvia Likens ...
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Budget. $80 million. Box office. $162.9 million. The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, and Jesper Christensen. It was the first film shot inside the United Nations Headquarters, as well as the final feature film directed by Pollack before his death in ...
English. Budget. $3.5–$3.8 million [2][3] Box office. $50–56 million [4][3] Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning. The screenplay is written by Frank Pierson and ...
0-446-34909-7. Preceded by. She Wakes 1989 in literature. Followed by. Offspring 1991 in literature. The Girl Next Door is a 1989 horror novel by American writer Jack Ketchum. It is loosely based on the 1965 murder of Sylvia Likens. In 2007, it was adapted into the film The Girl Next Door.