Blonde (2001) (TV)

Director:

Joyce Chopra

Writers (WGA):

Joyce Carol Oates (book)
Joyce Eliason (teleplay)

Release Date:

13 May 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Imagine if Marilyn Monroe could tell you her secrets... tonight she will.

Plot:

A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.

Plot Keywords:

Foster Parent | Studio | Sex Symbol | Orphanage | 1960s

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Poppy Montgomery	...	Norma Jean Baker / Marilyn Monroe
Patricia Richardson	...	Gladys Baker
Patrick Dempsey	...	Cass
Wallace Shawn	...	I.E. Shinn
Griffin Dunne	...	The Playwright
Titus Welliver	...	The Baseball Player
Eric Bogosian	...	Otto Ose
Niklaus Lange	...	Bucky Glazer
Richard Roxburgh	...	Mr. R
Jensen Ackles	...	Eddie G
Skye McCole Bartusiak	...	Young Norma Jean
Ann-Margret	...	Della Monroe
Kirstie Alley	...	Elsie
Tony Harvey	...	Mr. Pearce
Trisha Noble	...	Dr. Mittelstadt

Also Known As:

Marilyn Monroe (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

240 min

Country:

Australia | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Fireworks Entertainment

Quotes:

Norma Jean Baker: I'm the President's personal wind-up sex toy.

Movie Connections:

References Niagara (1953)

Soundtrack:

I Wanna Be Loved By You

A wonderful fictional imagining of a Legend

The book Blonde was meant to be a FICTIONAL study of Marilyn Monroe's life. To other commentators: do not get hyped up over this movie being untrue. If you read the first few pages of the book; Joyce Carol Oates (the author) says that this is a PURELY FICTIONAL book and that if one wishes to know facts about Marilyn, they should consult biographical sources. This movie should not be taken so literally! It is simply an imagining by one woman about the mentality of a legend. I think it is a beautiful, fascinating film. Wonderful acting and far more interesting than any of the previous films. If you want a real story, do not consult this film as the author of Blonde herself says it is not Fact just pure imagining Fiction. If you focus on the overall,universal themes of this movie/novel you will see that it applies to every woman in our society at some time or another. That is why this book was written. It is about the vulnerability we all have and how we can be taken advantage of. It is about the destructive machine that was the 1950s "studio". Great work.