My Week with Marilyn

"She's worth all the trouble."

2011 1h 39m EN

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★6.7TMDB · 1,376

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London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.

“She's worth all the trouble.”

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Cast

Michelle Williams
Marilyn Monroe
Kenneth Branagh
Sir Laurence Olivier
Eddie Redmayne
Colin Clark
Dominic Cooper
Milton Greene
Philip Jackson
Roger Smith
Derek Jacobi
Sir Owen Morshead
Toby Jones
Arthur Jacobs
Michael Kitchen
Hugh Perceval

Credits

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Director: Simon Curtis
Writers: Adrian Hodges
Languages: English, French
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Simon Curtis, shot by Ben Smithard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Conrad Pope. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Recht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh and Eddie Redmayne carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Simon Curtis directs. Ben Smithard behind the camera. Conrad Pope scores. Adam Recht cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

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1Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Directed by Simon Curtis, shot by Ben Smithard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Conrad Pope. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Adam Recht shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh and Eddie Redmayne carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "She's worth all the trouble.".
10IMDB entry: tt1655420 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 12 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "countryside", "based on novel or book", "cinema on cinema".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ben Smithard
Original score: Conrad Pope
Editing: Adam Recht
Production design: Donal Woods
Costume design: Jill Taylor
Makeup / hair: Jenny Shircore
VFX supervisor: Alan Church
Sound: Mike Dowson
Stunt coordinator: Julian Spencer
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,400,000
Box office: $35,100,000
Return: 548% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: My Week with Marilyn (2011)

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CinemaSerf2024-07-10
★ 7/10
I reckon this might be my favourite effort from Michelle Williams as she plays the eponymous screen legend who arrives in the UK to play opposite Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) in "The Prince and the Showgirl". Meantime, budding writer Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) is desparate to get into the film industry and so has been doorstepping producer Hugh Perceval (Michael Kitchen) for ages. Eventually, he gets a foot in the door the a chance introduction to Sir Larry leads to another one with Monroe and soon young Clark finds himself tasked with keeping this increasingly flaky woman on message as it's fair to say that her methods are not quite as rigorous or disciplined as those of her co-star. If you've seen the 1957 film, you'll know that it possibly isn't anyone's finest hour - except, perhaps, for Dame Sybil Thorndyke who here portrayed by Dame Judi Dench offers the American visitor some semblance of understanding and tolerance as tempers fray and the relationship between Colin and Marilyn starts to intensify. The narrative is based on Clark's two books on the subject, so it does offer us quite an authentic and sensitive insight into just how that one week padded out; how these contrasting personalities and their working practices struggled to reconcile and Williams looks entirely comfortable as the troubled actress as does the uncannily made-up Branagh as an Olivier all too used to getting his own way. Redmayne makes surprisingly little impact - perhaps because his character must remain objective as a narrator and not unsurprisingly Clark wasn't keen on embellishing his own role - intimate or not - with Monroe. Both she and Olivier are fascination creatures in cinema history and this biopic presents us with a glimpse of just how creative clashes can result in a positive spark.

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