Directed by Bennett Miller
Written by Dan Futterman based on the book by Gerald Clarke
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We're not so different as you might think. I was abandoned repeatedly as a child. My mama'd drag me along to some new town so she could take up with another man she'd met. Night after night she'd lock me in the hotel room – Mama'd turn the latch and tell the staff not to let me out no matter what. I was terrified – I'd scream my head off – till finally I'd collapse on the carpet next to the door and fall asleep. After years of this she just left me with relatives in Alabama.
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