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2007 American crime horror film

For other uses, see American Crime.

An American Crime is a 2007 American crimedrama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page^[a] and Catherine Keener.

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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.^[1]

Because of internal problems with the film's original distributor, First Look International, the film was not released theatrically.^[2] The Showtime television network officially premiered An American Crime on May 10, 2008.^[3] The film was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy (both for Keener's performance), and a Writers Guild of America Award.

Plot

In 1965, a pair of professional carnival workers named Lester and Betty Likens have two children, sixteen-year-old Sylvia Likens and Jenny, her disabled fifteen-year-old sis