Tag Archives: Simon Curtis

Elizabeth McGovern on ‘My Week With Marilyn’

Posted on January 10, 2012 by marina72

The American actress, Elizabeth McGovern, starred in many notable Hollywood films during the 1980s before moving to England. In Ragtime (1981) she played Evelyn Nesbit, the showgirl implicated in the 1906 murder of her architect lover, Stanford White, by her … Continue reading →


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‘My Week With Marilyn’: Truth or Fantasy?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by marina72

The Los Angeles Times reports on the mystery surrounding Colin Clark’s story in My Week With Marilyn, speaking to Michelle Williams, and also those who knew Monroe well during this period, including Amy Greene and Joan Copeland (Arthur Miller’s sister.) … Continue reading →


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The Woman in White

Posted on November 20, 2011 by marina72

Jill Taylor, costume designer on My Week With Marilyn, tells the Los Angeles Times why the platinum blonde favoured white: “Chanel had that old adage that she always wore white next to her face to show off its luminosity and … Continue reading →


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Englefield Green, Revisited

Posted on November 14, 2011 by marina72

Simon Curtis, director of My Week With Marilyn, talks to Get Hampshire about recreating the famous photo call with the Millers and the Oliviers, outside the house in Englefield Green where Marilyn stayed briefly in July 1956. ‘The grandiose house, … Continue reading →


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Thanksgiving Release for ‘My Week With Marilyn’

Posted on October 14, 2011 by marina72

The US release date for My Week With Marilyn has been moved to November 23 (Thanksgiving weekend), Collider reports. Director Simon Curtis spoke to Movieline about Michelle’s approach to the role: “Fantastically for this very complicated character — let alone … Continue reading →


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MM Biopic at New York Film Festival

Posted on August 4, 2011 by marina72

My Week With Marilyn, the new movie starring Michelle Williams (focussing on the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl in England, 1956) will be screened as the ‘centrepiece gala’ of the New York Film Festival on October 9. Director … Continue reading →


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