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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]
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
Content warning: The following article contains disturbing descriptions of abuse. In October 1965, police officers in Indianapolis, Ind., found Sylvia Likens, 16, dead on a mattress in her ...
My Father (Korean: 마이 파더) (2007) – South Korean drama film based on a true story about an adopted son who is searching for his biological parents in South Korea [120] My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner (2007) – Canadian biographical war film based on news stories in Germany and America about the Friedrich Kellner diary ...
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.
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Three hundred love letters written during WWII were discovered in a trunk and tell the story of a forbidden love between two gay men. ... The secret romance between a World War II soldier and his ...
The Impossible Spy (1987) – biographical drama television film based on the true story of an Israeli civilian spy, Eli Cohen, who was recruited into Israel's secret intelligence agency (the Mossad) in the 1960s to become a spy in Damascus [441] In Love and War (1987) – war thriller film based on the true story of James Stockdale and Sybil ...