Norma Jean & Marilyn

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Norma Jean & Marilyn
Directed by	Tim Fywell
Produced by	Guy Riedel
Written by	Anthony Summers (book) Jill Isaacs
Starring	Ashley Judd Mira Sorvino Josh Charles
Music by	Christopher Young
Cinematography	John Thomas
Editing by	Glenn Farr
Distributed by	HBO
Release date(s)	May 18, 1996
Running time	135 min. (USA)
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Norma Jean & Marilyn is a 1996 made-for-TV biographical film produced by HBO and premiered on 18 May 1996. The film featured Ashley Judd as Norma Jean and Mira Sorvino as Marilyn Monroe. It was partially-based on "Norma Jean: My Secret Life With Marilyn Monroe" by actor Ted Jordan (played by Josh Charles), who claimed to have had a years-long relationship with Monroe.

The tagline for the highly-fictionalized film summarizes the plot: Marilyn Monroe was our fantasy. Norma Jean was her reality. In dream-like scenes, Monroe and her former self appear together, with Norma Jean sometimes taunting Marilyn.

It was nominated for 5 Emmy Awards, including for both lead actresses.

[edit] Cast

• Ashley Judd - Norma Jean
• Mira Sorvino - Marilyn Monroe
• Josh Charles - Ted Jordan
• Ron Rifkin - Johnny Hyde
• David Dukes - Arthur Miller
• Peter Dobson - Joe DiMaggio
• Taylor Nichols - Fred Karger
• John Rubinstein - Darryl F. Zanuck
• Allan Corduner - Billy Wilder
• Dana Goldstone - Lee Strasberg
• Micole Mercurio - Mozelle Hyde
• Lindsay Crouse - Natasha Lytess
• John Apicella - Milton R. Krasner
• Kevin Bourland - David March
• Dennis Bowen - Tom Kelly
• Nancy Linehan Charles - Bette Davis
• Jeffrey Combs - Montgomery Clift
• Steven Culp - Robert F. Kennedy
• Lou Cutell - Henry T. Weinstein

[edit] External links

• Norma Jean & Marilyn at the Internet Movie Database
• Review from the All Movie Guide, also available from the website of The New York Times
• Entry from HBO film archive
• Photographs of the movie's set design, from the designer's website

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/norma_jean_and_marilyn/