Ninet Tayeb Jenny as Jenny. Marcus Thompson. More like this. Storyline Edit. Mondays is a fictitious account loosely based on the first mass school shooting in California in The film takes its title from the global hit single of the same name performed by The Boomtown Rats. A petite, self-destructive and remote teenager living a fantasy fuelled latchkey life in a Southern Californian suburb in Laura spends her time skipping school, drinking her abusive father's bourbon, and experimenting with drugs to numb her motherless, meaningless existence.
Long lenses, trailing dust, and solitary travelers in vast landscapes is what American road movie cinema is all about, and 'Mondays' is cinematic Americana from beginning to end". Add content advisory. Details Edit. Countries of origin United States United Kingdom. Technical specs Edit. Color Color. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Edit page. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. While Bob Geldof 's philanthropic efforts remain his greatest contribution to humanity, but he was also frontman for the Boomtown Rats.
They had a string of hits in their native Ireland and throughout the U. That morning, Brenda Spencer, a year-old with a history of petty theft and violent thoughts, opened fire from inside her house at students outside San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School across the street.
In a minute spell, she fired 30 rounds of ammunition from a semi-automatic. Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Schar were killed in the attack; eight children and a policeman were wounded. Spencer, who had told classmates a week before that she "wanted to do something big to get on TV," then locked herself in the house as the SWAT team descended. The standoff lasted nearly seven hours before Spencer finally surrendered.
During that time, a reporter from the San Diego Tribune spoke to her on the telephone. She explained her actions by saying: "I just did it for the fun of it.
I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day. I have to go now. I shot a pig, I think, and I want to shoot more.
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