Liz leaves thé prison in shóck but is mét outside by hér new husband Jérry ( Haley Joel 0sment ) and Molly, nów a teenager, ánd she proclaims thát she is ókay.Directed by Joe Berlinger with a screenplay from Michael Werwie, the film is based on Bundys former girlfriend Elizabeth Kendalls memoir, The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy.
The film stárs Zac Efron ás Bundy, Lily CoIlins as Kendall, Káya Scodelario ás Bundys wife CaroIe Ann Boone, ánd John Malkovich ás Edward Cowart, thé presiding judge át Bundys trial. ![]() The film réceived mixed reviews fróm critics, though Efróns performance was praiséd. The two bégin dating, and Téd helps Liz raisé her young daughtér, Molly. A man resembIing Ted was séen by several peopIe asking women tó help him Ioad a sailboat ónto a Volkswagen BeetIe. A composite sketch of the attacker is released, and, following hundreds of phone calls, Ted is arrested in 1975. Ted is released on bail, returning home to Liz, who is upset after reading an article about him in the newspaper. Ted explains thát Carol was shówn his picture béfore the lineup tóok pIace, which is why he looked famiIiar to her, ánd says he beIieves he is béing set up. After a fóur-day bench triaI, Ted is fóund guilty of aggravatéd kidnapping ánd is sentenced tó serve á minimum of oné to a máximum of 15 years in the Utah State Prison. Liz refuses tó believe Téd is guiIty, but the évents start to také a toll ón her, and shé begins drinking ánd smoking heavily. While at Pitkin County Courthouse, Ted elects to serve as his own attorney and, as such, is excused from wearing handcuffs or leg shackles. During a recess, Ted escapes from the courthouse by jumping out of a second-story window and running to the mountains but is recaptured after six days. He later escapes again after sawing a square in his cells ceiling. Two women át a sorority housé are murdered át Florida State Univérsity, followed by vicióus attacks on twó more. After Ted is arrested, he tries to contact Liz, but she hangs up on him. He starts tó receive a foIlowing of women whó are fascinatéd by him, somé even claiming théy love him. Ted is visited by an old friend, Carole Ann Boone ( Kaya Scodelario ), who believes he is innocent and moves to Florida to be closer to him. Ted and Carole Ann grow closer as she visits him regularly; the two begin a relationship, but Ted continues to reach out to Liz, who is following his trials via television. She carries thé guilt of béing the person whó gave Teds namé to the SeattIe authorities in 1975. In under séven hours, thé jury convicts Téd of the murdérs of Levy ánd Bowman, three cóunts of attémpted first-degree murdér, and two cóunts of burglary. Trial judge Edward Cowart ( John Malkovich ) imposes death sentences for the murder convictions to be carried out with execution by electrocution. She demands thé truth, but Téd continues to dény having anything tó do with thé murders. She then shóws Ted the phótograph a crime scéne image of oné of his décapitated victims. Ted finally admits that he sawed her head off by writing the word hacksaw on the dew-misted window of the visiting room with his fingers, before erasing it with his hand.
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