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Blonde Details

2001

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Starring	Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Wallace Shawn, Griffin Dunne
Director	Joyce Chopra
Genres	Drama

Blonde

The remarkable life and tragic death of Marilyn Monroe has fascinated film fans for decades, but this two-part TV miniseries, based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, takes an unusual approach, looking inside the minds of Monroe and those around her to ponder the circumstances of her rise and fall. The series that sets out to dramatise the truth about Marilyn Monroe's tempestuous, passionate and ultimately tragic life. Blonde stars the suitably sexy Poppy Montgomery who is the spitting image of Monroe. Also starring Ann-Margret, Kirstie Alley, and Patrick Dempsey.

Starring	Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Wallace Shawn, Griffin Dunne, Patrick Dempsey, Titus Welliver, Eric Bogosian
Director	Joyce Chopra
Studio	ODYSSEY VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 45 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 19 Jul 2004

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  An OK Film, that skirts around the final issue
  
  Nothing wonderful here. It's clear that Norma Jean was brighter than she was obliged to show to the world. However too little attention was given to the ... read more »
  
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  Runs like a made for TV Movie
  
  It possibly is.
  
  I saw the first half of this years ago and couldn't really remember what it was like, and wanted to see the second half. I only ... read more »
  
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  A Sad True Story Of A Famous Actress.
  
  In two parts, Blonde is about the years of Marylin Moonre and how her life changed from bad to worse. Her mother was a mental case, her father did a runner when... read more »
  
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  An OK Film, that skirts around the final issue
  
  Nothing wonderful here. It's clear that Norma Jean was brighter than she was obliged to show to the world. However too little attention was given to the ... read more »
  
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Watts unsure how to play mysterious Monroe
- 19 Oct 2010
Naomi Watts is daunted by her upcoming role as Marilyn Monroe - admitting she doesn't know how to play the iconic sex symbol. The actress portrays the Some Like It Hot siren in new biopic Blonde, but confesses she can't figure out how to tackle the role - because no one really knew the real Monroe. She says, "I don't have a plan yet on how to do it. It's going to be a huge undertaking because everyone obviously has their own idea about who she was. "It's a high-pressure thing to take on... Read more
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  The remarkable life and tragic death of Marilyn Monroe has fascinated film fans for decades, but this two-part TV miniseries, based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, takes an unusual approach, looking inside the minds of Monroe and those around her to ponder the circumstances of her rise and fall. ...