Ted Bundy (film)

Ted Bundy

Original film poster
Directed by Matthew Bright
Produced by Hamish McAlpine
Michael Muscal
Written by Stephen Johnston
Matthew Bright
Starring Michael Reilly Burke
Boti Bliss
Music by Kennard Ramsey
Cinematography Sonja Rom
Edited by Paul Heiman
Release dates
November 22, 2002
Running time
99 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1.2 million[1]
Box office $68,716[2]

Ted Bundy is a 2002 American crime drama film directed and co-written by Matthew Bright. The film dramatizes the crimes of serial killer Ted Bundy.[3] It stars Michael Reilly Burke in the title role, and Boti Bliss as Bundy's girlfriend, Lee (a character based on Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy's real life girlfriend during his killing spree).

Plot

In Seattle, Washington, 1974, law student Ted Bundy (Michael Reilly Burke) appears to be the typical friendly guy-next-door; but underneath this gentle facade lies a monster. After watching women from their home window while masturbating, Bundy builds the courage to commit his first murder. From there, he always manages to lure a young woman to his car by faking a broken arm or an illness then asking for help or by disguising himself as a police officer. Then he knocks her unconscious with a tool, ties her up and drives her to an arranged location where he rapes and murders her. Driving his yellow VW Beetle, he leaves a bloody trail through the United States. The police are left in the dark, as no one suspects the young man for his reputable character in the community; being a model citizen and top-student.

In 1975, one of his victims, Tina Gabler, escapes him when she throws herself from his moving car. Based on her description of his car, Bundy is stopped by a police officer and arrested. In his trunk, the officers find pantyhose masks, a hand saw, a crowbar, knives, ropes and handcuffs. Even though he is identified by Tina Gabler in a lineup, he denies ever having seen the woman. When he is visited by his girlfriend at the Colorado State Prison, he admits to her that charges are being brought against him for multiple murders but stresses the fact that there is no evidence, however, and that he will never be convicted; at this point she distances herself from him. Due to his wish to defend himself, he is granted access to the courthouse law library, and promptly escapes by jumping from an upper story window. He is jailed again after an auto theft, but manages to escape yet again months later. This time he overpowers four women in their home and brutally beats them. After the murder of a little girl he becomes heavily intoxicated and is recognized by a police officer and arrested after a short chase. At trial the judge sentences Ted to be executed by a current of electricity. After a brief chat on the phone, he makes a final statement before the execution is carried out.

Cast

Differences between film and real events

The film's fictionalized narrative takes many creative liberties, changing or conflating events and shifting their timing, including altering of names for protection. This is very common in Hollywood re-tellings of real-life events. Examples include:

Academics

Crimes

Arrests and Escapes

Death

Many inaccuracies are evident in the execution scene. These are:

References

  1. . Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284929/. Retrieved 23 April 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Ted Bundy (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  3. "Ted Bundy". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  4. 1 2 3 4 http://www.serialkillercalendar.com/TEDBUNDY.HTML
  5. http://articles.latimes.com/1989-01-24/news/mn-1075_1_ted-bundy
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