Norma Jean & Marilyn

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	Home Box Office
Release date(s)	May 18, 1996
Running time	135 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Norma Jean & Marilyn is a 1996 made-for-TV biographical film produced by Home Box Office and premiered on May 18, 1996. The film featured Ashley Judd as Norma Jean Dougherty 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. The original music score was composed by Christopher Young.

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

Main cast

• Ashley Judd - Norma Jean Dougherty
• 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

Inaccuracies

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Though the film was a commercial success it was panned by many^[who?] as being inaccurate of the life of Marilyn Monroe. One of the main inaccuracies of the film is Marilyn's death. As well as the title of the film, as Marilyn's birth name was spelled Norma Jeane, not Norma Jean. Many^[who?] also claim the film pictured Marilyn as being psychotic.

External links

• Norma Jean & Marilyn at the Internet Movie Database
• Review from Allmovie, 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
• Norma Jean & Marilyn at Rotten Tomatoes

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