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We'll Take Manhattan (2012)

We'll Take Manhattan poster
Directed by
John McKay
Genre
drama, romance, tv movie
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
U
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A photographer and a model have an affair during a fashion shoot in 1960s New York. Their assignment changes the fashion world.

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What happens

We'll Take Manhattan is a British television film that tells the story of the extramarital affair between photographer David Bailey and model Jean Shrimpton, and their one-week photographic assignment in New York City for Vogue in 1962. Directed by John McKay, it stars Aneurin Barnard as Bailey and Karen Gillan as Shrimpton. The film was first broadcast on 26 January 2012 on BBC Four in the UK, and in the US on Ovation on 11 February 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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