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Category Dramas DVDs, Television/TV Series Movies, Biography Videos, Cable Original, Tragedy, Psychodrama, Surreal, Movie Stars
Starring Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino, Lindsay Crouse, David Dukes, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin, Steven Culp, John Rubinstein, Taylor Nichols, Peter Dobson
Director Tim Fywell
Composer Christopher Young
Director of Photography John Thomas
Editor Glenn Farr
Executive Producer Marvin Worth
Producer Guy Riedel
Production Designer Cynthia Charette
Screenwriter Jill Isaacs
Source Writer Anthony Summers
Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd star as two sides of the woman America loved, but who struggled to love herself: Marilyn Monroe. Sensuous, shocking, and sensational, this is the secrt life and loves of the girl called Norma Jean and the woman who became Marilyn.

This intriguing telefilm employs Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino to portray two sides of a very troubled woman. Before Marilyn Monroe became the most well-known sex goddess of her time, she was the dark-haired and extremely ambitious Norma Jean Mortenson, willing to use and bed anyone to become a Hollywood star. Ultimately, plastic surgery, a breathier voice, and a name change transformed Norma Jean into Marilyn Monroe. Movie roles, fame and sex symbol status soon followed, but her personal life was a wreck. However, "Marilyn" never lost touch with "Norma Jean," who tried to guide her career and personal life. Norma Jean, unhappy with what "Marilyn" had done with their life, berated and advised her alter ego for better AND for worse. Only in death would the two personalities be truly reconciled...

The disturbing and tragic tale of the inner struggle of the woman known to the world as Marilyn Monroe. While the public persona was animated and vivacious, the inner child, Norma Jeane, was afraid of the success and desperate to end it. To emphasize the dual nature of Monroe's personality, director Tim Fywell cast two different actresses--Ashley Judd as needy ingenue Norma Jeane, Mira Sorvino as glam bombshell Marilyn--resulting in an unsettling and surreal psychological portrait of the doomed starlet.

Originally broadcast on HBO May 18, 1996. Shot on location in Los Angeles, California. Co-produced by Caravel Entertainment. Additional cast: John Apicella; Robert Alan Beuth; Frank Birney; Kevin Bourland; Ardie Bryant; Nancy Linehan Charles (Bette Davis); Lou Cuttel; Artur Cybulski; Joe d'Angerio; Marianne Davis; Bebe Drake; Ellerine; Edith Fields; Yvette Freeman; David Drew Gallagher; Jimm Giannini; Kevin Goetz; Ian Gregory; Alex Hentelhoff; Lise Hilboldt; Sandra Ellis Lafferty; Marc Lynn; Scott Menville; Herb Mitchell; Virginia Morris; Marianne Muellerleile; Kelsey Mulrooney; Terrence O'Connor; Adam Paul; Howard Platt; Eric Poppick; Mary Porster; Peter Sands; Sam Shamshak; Carol Swarbrick; Warren Sweeney; Rosie Taravella; Wendy Worthington. Copyright 1996 Home Box Office, a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.

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List Price $9.97 (You save $3.62)
Studio Warner Home Video
Orig Year 1996
DVD Encoding Region 1
All Time Sales Rank   5361  
CD Universe Part number 6750249
Catalog number 91316
Discs 1
Release Date Sep 14, 2004
Rating R (MPAA)
Rating Reason sexual content and nudity, some substance abuse and strong language
Running Time 133 Minutes
Movie Details Color
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Average Rating: (2.7 out of 5 stars) 2.5 stars

1 star Disappointed
Lame. Not all what I expected & not at all what I was hoping for. Marilyn Monroe is one of the biggest icons today & she is still beautiful to me, but I think Sorvino didn't have the talent to do this role. After this still love Monroe, just look at her differently. There were things that happened in the movie that left questions & there were scenes in the movie I don't remember ever hearing about. It got annoying listening to Judd as Norma Jean yell at Monroe. I think it made her issues seem much worse than they were. Yes, she was unhappy, but damn... the girl needed help.
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3 stars Incomplete and surprising
I was a teenager during Marilyn's heyday and through the years I never read anything about her split personality and especially her aggressive ambition. I know she died of a drug overdose but was never made aware that she was such a pill head. I always felt that she was an airhead ditz. Her relationship with the Kennedys was a well kept secret to us in the mainstream. What I did read "in the day" was that she remained very close to Joe Dimaggio and he was her crutch. the movie protrayed none of this. Also I cant believe Dimaggio hit a guy at the filming of Marilyns famous skirt blowing up over her waist. If so I dont recall it hitting the papers-it would have made good hype for the movie. One might say congratulations to Hollywood for making a star out of trailer park trash (assuming half the story is true)
Submitted by jimfowler (Corpus Christi Tx, USA)
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4 stars Wow!
This is a great movie about Marilyn Monroe and the hard life she had. If your a Marilyn fan you should get this DVD!
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