The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 12 wins & 36 nominations total
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- TriviaThis film is based on the 2000 novel "Blonde" by Joyce Carol Oates, which is a fictionalized account inspired by the life of Marilyn Monroe, not an actual biography. Oates insisted that the novel is a work of fiction that should not be regarded as a biography. Oates said that she didn't have anything to do with the making of this film, though once in a while, director Andrew Dominik would get in contact with her, and that she was given an almost-final cut in 2020 and she has praised the film ever since. The novel had been previously adapted into a two-part miniseries: Blonde (2001), starring Poppy Montgomery as Monroe.
- GoofsMarilyn greets the Secret Service agents at her door with: "You were expecting maybe Mother Teresa?" Mother Teresa had not gained international recognition in 1962. It's highly doubtful Marilyn would have known who she was.
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Norma Jeane: Marilyn doesn't exist. When I come out of my dressing room, I'm Norma Jeane. I'm still her when the camera is rolling. Marilyn Monroe only exists on the screen.
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Written by Lester Lee and Allan Roberts
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I have no idea how accurate this account of Marilyn Monroe's life is. I will say that there are some people in Norma Jean's life that, if this account is even close to accurate, are hopefully rotting in hell. This movie portrays a woman desperately in need of help who is tormented by many of the people that she chose to trust. A lot of "heroes" don't come out of this looking too good. Norma Jean comes out as a woman with massive insecurities and likely mental illness, who is abused and manipulated by many, many people, some of which claimed to love her, others of which simply wanted to make money off her,.
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- Rubia
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- Los Angeles Theatre - 615 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA("Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" premiere)
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- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 47 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 2.39 : 1
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