My Week with Marilyn
Simon Curtis, 2011
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Colin Clark, 1995
My Week with Marilyn is a movie directed by Simon Curtis in 2011 and based on the book The Prince, The Showgirl and Me: Six Months on the Set With Marilyn and Olivier by Colin Clark, first published in 1995. The movie features Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Pip Torrens, Geraldine Somerville, and others.
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Book by Colin Clark
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Storyline
Following his graduation from Christ Church, Oxford in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark travels to London to get a job on Laurence Olivier’s next production. The press discover the house, but Colin reveals he secured a second house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyn’s publicist, Arthur P. Jacobs.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
My Week with Marilyn
Director: Simon Curtis
Country: UK
Year: 2011
Length: 1h39m
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Year
1995
Pages
218
Book Rate
6.72
S: Goodreads
Book
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Subtitle: Six Months on the Set With Marilyn and Olivier
User polls & recommendations
“In screenplay terms, writing a novel is more like writing a full 22 episode season of a TV series, than it is a movie.”
JEFF LYONS (Screenwriter)
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