Lizzie Borden Took an Ax

TV Movie
2014
TV-14
1h 27m

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5.8/10

5.7K

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Christina Ricci in Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014)

The true story of Lizzie Borden, a young woman tried and acquitted in the 1892 murders of her father and stepmother.

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In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

5.7K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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- 3 nominations

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Trivia
The Medical Examiner's Assistant was an uncredited courtesy role created by the film's producers for Jono Borden, an author and regional authority on the Borden family based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was asked to consult on his family's history and offered an appearance onscreen. The irony of his casting saw him assist in the fictionalized depiction of the postmortem examinations of his very real cousins, Andrew and Abby Borden, and in an alternate courtroom scene cut from the final film, present the exhumed skulls of his relations to the jurors.

Goofs
Early in the film there are noticeable telephone poles which weren't around during the time period in which the film takes place.

Connections
Followed by The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015)

Soundtracks
Psychotic Girl
Written by Dan Auerbach and Patrick J. Carney
Performed by The Black Keys

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6/10

Thin Lizzie

Lifetime TV movie about the murder trial of Lizzie Borden. I think we're all pretty familiar with the case so I won't go over that part. Basically, Lifetime takes the Lizzie Borden story and adds sex appeal and rock music. It's pretty silly at times but entertaining enough. Christina Ricci's performance borders on campy which probably helps the movie more than harms it. Having seen and read quite a bit over the years about this case I know they played fast & loose with the facts, as just about any movie does with historical events. Although I could be wrong and Lizzie did, in fact, show off her cleavage and go to raves. Maybe historians just don't want us to know the ugly truth. If this were a theatrical release I would rate it lower. But since it's made for television, it's actually above par. If you can find it you should definitely check out the 1970s TV movie with Elizabeth Montgomery called The Legend of Lizzie Borden. It's much better and you can enjoy it on a serious level without the giggle factor this version produces.