Blog Post #4: An American Crime

An American Crime (2007)

Amazon.com: An American Crime (C) POSTER (27" x 40"): Posters & Prints

Country: USA
Director: Tommy O'Haver

Writer: Tommy O'Haver | Irene Turner

Budget: $2,000,000
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $1,306,875
Production Company: First Look International 
Release Date: January, 19th 2007 (USA)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Biography

Film data found on IMDb (https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/details)

Synopsis

   Based on a true story from 1965, "An American Crime" tells the story about a young girl named Sylvia (Ellen Page) and her sister, Jenny (Hayley McFarland), who are daughters of carnival workers who are left in the care of one woman named Gertrude Baniszewski (Catherine Keener) while their parents are away on an extended trip in Indianapolis. What follows is the true story of how Sylvia was murdered.

(https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/details)

   
Genre Comparisons

Amazon.com: The Lovely Bones: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel ...

   Similar to how An American Crime can be classified under drama and crime, The Lovely Bones also falls under these genres. By telling the story of the murder of a young girl, The Lovely Bones is similar to An American Crime in that the narrative fiction is intended to be more serious than humorous. 














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