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Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]
Apr 12, 2019 · In addition to stabbing and shooting Brandon, whom they found hiding beneath a blanket in a farmhouse in Humboldt, the duo murdered witnesses Lisa Lambert, 24, and Phillip Devine, 22. The killers spared the life of Lambert’s baby son, Tanner. They deposited him in his crib before they fled.
Brandon Teena [note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen.
- Was The Real Lana Tisdel Happy with Chloë Sevigny's Portrayal of her?
- How Did Brandon Teena's Mother, Joann Brandon, React to The Film Boys Don't Cry?
- What Did Brandon Teena's Mother Think of Hilary Swank's Oscar Acceptance Speech?
- What Did Sarah Nissen, Cousin of Attacker Tom Nissen, Think of The Film?
- Was Boys Don't Cry Based on The Book All She Wanted by Aphrodite Jones?
No. The real Lana Tisdel sued the filmmakers, claiming that they depicted her as a drug-addicted drunk, citing that the movie makes references to her as "lazy, white trash and a skanky snake." The film also falsely depicts Tisdel falling asleep at the murder scene and "doing nothing about it after it has occurred," as stated in Tisdel's lawsuit.
JoAnn Brandon was outraged by the film's portrayal of Brandon. In early 2000, JoAnn, who could not work because of severe asthma, still owed money for her son's funeral. She said that she was irritated that a fund set up to pay for the funeral received meager contributions, while others, such as the filmmakers, profited from Brandon's death. "I'm r...
Brandon's mother, JoAnn Brandon, was upset that Hilary Swank referred to her transgender son in her speech as "Brandon Teena," her biological daughter's male name. "That set me off," JoAnn Brandon said. "She should not stand up there and thank my child. I get tired of people taking credit for what they don't know."
An 18-year-old high school student at the time of the film's release, Sarah Nissen, cousin of attacker Marvin Thomas Nissen, said that everything that Tom told her about the actual events indicates that the film's storyline is wrong. "There's none of it that's right," she said. "It was just weird."
No. Aphrodite Jones did however file a lawsuit against Fox Searchlight, claiming that the studio backed out of a deal that involved her book All She Wanted being turned into a movie with Drew Barrymore. She claimed that the studio backed out when they discovered Boys Don't Cryand purchased the rights to that film instead. Listen to a recording of B...
Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain; November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) [2][3] was an American actress. An influential teen idol of the late 1970s and early 1980s, [4] she played Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986).
Jan 12, 1997 · Five people found themselves in a run-down Nebraska farmhouse. John Gregory Dunne on how they got there—and why three of them, Teena Brandon, Phillip DeVine, and Lisa Lambert, died.
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Jan 31, 2016 · Lisa Michelle Lambert, serving a life sentence for the 1991 murder of romantic rival Laurie Show, has painted herself as a victim of ruthless friends, sinister authorities and unavoidable...
