This movie is based on real events that happened involving a Jefferson, Wisconsin teacher.
shareI know, it was good film about a very sad story.
shareCan you tell me if there is a book written about this story? I watched the movie on LMN today...it is so sad...I felt for Reuben so badly...it is a tragic story...I just wondered if there is a book written about it...with pictures of the real characters and such. Thanks
shareDo you have any info on the real story? I always wonder how accurate it is.
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Aside from the fact that quaint small town Jefferson looks NOTHING like the grafitti city displayed in the movie.....it's fairly accurate. And at the same time - not so much.
I grew up in Fort Atkinson - one town away from Jefferson. I moved the year of - or the after - the events in the movie. I remember the posters hanging up on gas stations asking for information on Ruben's killer.
Here's something I thought you might find interesting....
http://www.wisbar.org/res/capp/z1997/97-1479.htm
Here is a link with the real story including pictures:
http://www.geocities.com/traciy_curry/ruben_borchardt.html
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There is an A&E "American Justice" special about it that is being played today (7/18/07). Here's a link to the episode: http://www.aetv.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=195863
I'm not saying that she is innocent but the show is interesting because they have interviews with Diane and she's so different from the character that Ann-Margaret portrayed. It's interesting to compare it to the dramatic version of such a tragic story.
Yeah we know that. It doesn't take a genious to figure it out, because number one it says "the diane borchardt story" plus it says "based on a true story".
shareDon't let her sweet exterior fool you. She was probably acting. Anyone who hires killers is unstable in my book.
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Yeah.
I re-watched this movie ~ hadn't seen it for years.
And then, right after, I watched the American Justice show about the real case.
One thing: I was surprised by how much the movie held to the facts as portrayed on American Justice (one little detail though: I believe she was a teacher's aide and hall monitor, as opposed to a teacher-teacher).
And, I was especially paying attention to her interview: she hides her 'tells' well, but her narcissism *does* shine through (e.g., how she refers to herself, her life, her 'accomplishments' throughout the interview is a dead giveaway).
"Much communication in a motion, without conversation or a notion"
Was watching ID and thought the story sounded familiar when they said Ruben had been shot by a shotgun in the basement. Peter Coyote immediately came to mind in this movie so I got on Imdb to check it out. Never a Ann-Margaret fan so I couldn't remember who played the Diane role. I've seen this movie more than once and always thought it was so sad because Ruben seemed like a good guy who didn't deserve to even be married to her crap. She deserved to die in prison. Poor kids suffered from her selfish actions.
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