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My Week with Marilyn (2011)

PG-1311/23/2011Drama, Romance1h 39m
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She's worth all the trouble

Overview

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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    Michelle Williams

    Marilyn Monroe

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    Kenneth Branagh

    Sir Laurence Olivier

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    Eddie Redmayne

    Colin Clark

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    Dominic Cooper

    Milton Greene

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    Philip Jackson

    Roger Smith

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    Derek Jacobi

    Sir Owen Morshead

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    Toby Jones

    Arthur Jacobs

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    Michael Kitchen

    Hugh Perceval

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    Julia Ormond

    Vivien Leigh

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 messa...