My Week with Marilyn (2011)
- Directed by
- Simon Curtis
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 1,363 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man works as an assistant on a film set in the 1950s. He spends a week escorting Marilyn Monroe around London while her husband is away. He forms a close bond with her, seeing her struggles and vulnerability behind her star persona.
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What happens
My Week with Marilyn is a 2011 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Adrian Hodges. It stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, and Judi Dench. Based on two books by Colin Clark, it depicts the making of the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl, which starred Marilyn Monroe (Williams) and Laurence Olivier (Branagh). The film concerns the week during the shooting of the film when Monroe was escorted around London by Clark (Redmayne), after her husband Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott) had returned to the United States. Principal photography began on 4 October 2010, at Pinewood Studios. Filming took place at Saltwood Castle, White Waltham Airfield, and on locations in and around London. Curtis also used the same studio in which Monroe had shot The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956. My Week with Marilyn had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on 9 October 2011, and was shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival two days later. The film was released on 23 November 2011, in the United States by The Weinstein Company, and on 25 November in the United Kingdom by Entertainment Film Distributors. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $35 million worldwide. Williams and Branagh were nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.