Dahmer (film)
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| Dahmer | |
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| Directed by | David Jacobson |
| Produced by | Larry Ratner |
| Written by | David Jacobson |
| Starring | Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Kayàru |
| Release date(s) | 21 July 2002 (USA) |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$144,008 |
| IMDb profile | |
The 2002 psychothriller Dahmer explains the biography and "career" of the American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeremy Renner stars as Dahmer.
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[edit] Plot
Jeffrey Dahmer kills young men. He additionally photographs them, masturbates afterwards, and conducts sadistic experiments on them before he murders them. He killed 17 men in this way in the metropolitan area of Milwaukee.
At the same time, he examines his acts and rationalizes them with the divorce of his parents and the lack of support during his childhood.
Nevertheless, he can not stop inviting more and more young, mostly homosexual men from bars and clubs to his home, where he kills them.
Only when the young African-American Rodney could escape from Dahmer's apartment, the authorities were able to arrest him.
[edit] Background information
The youth of Dahmer was shown with intentional film editing, in which his relationship to his parents is examined. This serves as a basic reference point for his later behavior.
Although the script recreates actual events, the names are changed out of respect for the victims. In reality, the escapee who led to Dahmer's capture was Tracy Edwards, and Dahmer's first victim was a man named Stephen Hicks. Certain details are also changed, as is the nature of films based on true stories. For example, Tracy Edwards (Rodney) was in his early thirties, rather than his early twenties as depicted in the film. He was also a heterosexual who was troubled by Dahmer's advances.
Production of the film took place in Los Angeles and on scene in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The mask special effects were created by Christien Tinsley and Kelley Mitchell, who were involved two years later, in 2004, in the makeup of Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.
[edit] Awards
- Independent Spirit Award (Nomination for Jeremy Renner (Best Male Actor in a Leading Role))
- Independent Spirit Award (Nomination for Artel Kayàru (Best Newcomer))
- John Cassavetes Award (Nomination for Larry Rattner and David Jacobson)
