She's worth all the trouble.
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.
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Classical in form, nostalgic, earnest and effortless.
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- earnestironic
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20247/10
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 the
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Cast
- Michelle WilliamsMarilyn Monroe
- Kenneth BranaghSir Laurence Olivier
- Eddie RedmayneColin Clark
- Dominic CooperMilton Greene
- Philip JacksonRoger Smith
- Derek JacobiSir Owen Morshead
- Toby JonesArthur Jacobs
- Michael KitchenHugh Perceval
- Julia OrmondVivien Leigh
- Simon Russell BealeCotes-Preedy
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- Simon CurtisDirector
- Adrian HodgesScreenplay
- Ben SmithardDirector of Photography
- Conrad PopeOriginal Music Composer
- Adam RechtEditor
- Harvey WeinsteinProducer
- David ParfittProducer
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