Blonde (2001 film)
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| Blonde | |
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| Genre | biographical/drama |
| Written by | Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Eliason |
| Directed by | Joyce Chopra |
| Starring | Poppy Montgomery Patricia Richardson Patrick Dempsey Kirstie Alley Ann-Margret |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Running time | 240 minutes |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | May 13, 2001 |
Blonde is a 2001 American made-for-television biographical film on the life of Marilyn Monroe, with Australian actress Poppy Montgomery in the lead role. The film was adapted from Joyce Carol Oates's 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist novel of the same name.
Premise
A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with a series of real events in her life. With glimpses into her childhood years, teenaged marriage to first husband James Dougherty, meeting with photographer Otto Ose, career with 20th Century Fox, relationship with her mother, her foster parents, Charles Chaplin Jr. (Cass), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (Eddie G), and her marriages to baseball player Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller.
Cast
- Poppy Montgomery as Norma Jeane Baker/Marilyn Monroe
- Patricia Richardson as Gladys Baker
- Patrick Dempsey as Cass Bulut
- Wallace Shawn as I.E. Shinn
- Titus Welliver as the Baseball Player - Joe DiMaggio
- Griffin Dunne as the Playwright - Arthur Miller
- Eric Bogosian as Otto Ose
- Niklaus Lange as Bucky Glazer/James Dougherty
- Skye McCole Bartusiak as Young Norma Jeane
- Jensen Ackles as Eddie G. - Edward G. Robinson Jr.
- Richard Roxburgh as Mr. R
- Ann-Margret as Della Monroe
- Kirstie Alley as Elsie - Grace Goddard
- Emily Browning as Fleece
- Matthew O'Sullivan as Lee Strasberg
- Andrew Clarke as Laurence Olivier
- Bruce Hughes as Clark Gable
- Renee Henderson as Jane Russell
Reception
Steven Oxman of Variety considered that Blonde's approach as a work of fiction instead of a "based on true events" retelling allowed creators "to be far more imaginative in their suppositions about the characters' private thoughts" than similar works.[1]
References
- ^ Oxman, Steven (May 8, 2001). "Blonde". Variety. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
External links
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- 2001 television films
- 2000s biographical drama films
- American biographical films
- American biographical drama films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films about Marilyn Monroe
- Biographical films about actors
- Films about playwrights
- Films directed by Joyce Chopra
- Films set in Los Angeles
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films set in the 1960s
- CBS network films
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