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Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many demands and acting ineptness, and Colin is intrigued by her. Colin's intrigue is met when Marilyn invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty and her desire to be a great actress.

Running time 99 minutes Country United Kingdom United States Language English Budget 6.4 million Box office $35 million My Week with Marilyn is a 2011 directed by and written. It stars,,,,, and. Based on two books by, it depicts the making of the 1957 film, which starred (Williams) and (Branagh). The film focuses on the week during the shooting of the 1957 film when Monroe was escorted around London by Colin (Redmayne), after her husband () had returned to the United States. Principal photography began on 4 October 2010,. Filming took place at,, and on locations in and around London.

Curtis also used the same studio in which Monroe had shot The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956. My Week with Marilyn had its world premiere at the on 9 October 2011, and was shown at the two days later. The film was released on 23 November 2011, in the United States, and on 25 November in the United Kingdom. For her portrayal of Monroe, Williams was awarded the for, and earned Best Actress nominations from the and. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] Following his graduation from university in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark travels to London to get a job on Laurence Olivier's next production. Production manager Hugh Perceval tells Colin that there are no jobs available, but he decides to wait for Olivier, whom he once met at a party.

Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, eventually show up and Vivien encourages Olivier to give Colin a job on his upcoming film, starring Marilyn Monroe. Colin's first task is to find a suitable place for Marilyn and her husband, Arthur Miller, the famous playwright, to stay at while they are in England.

The press discover the house, but Colin reveals he secured a second house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyn's publicist, Arthur P. The paparazzi find out about Marilyn's arrival at Heathrow and they gather around the aircraft when it lands. Marilyn brings Arthur, her business partner, Milton H. Greene, and her acting coach, Paula Strasberg, with her. Marilyn initially is uncomfortable around the many photographers, but relaxes at the press conference.

Olivier becomes frustrated when Marilyn is late to the read-through. She insists Paula sit with her, and when she has trouble with her lines, Paula reads them for her. The crew and the other actors, including Sybil Thorndike, are in awe of Marilyn. Colin meets Lucy, a wardrobe assistant to whom he is attracted, and they go on a date. Marilyn starts arriving later to the set and often forgets her lines, angering Olivier.

However, Sybil praises Marilyn and defends her when Olivier tries to get her to apologise for holding the shoot up. Marilyn struggles to understand her character and leaves the set when Olivier insults her. Colin asks Olivier to be more sympathetic towards Marilyn, before he goes to Parkside House to check on her.

He hears an argument and finds a tearful Marilyn sitting on the stairs with Arthur's notebook, which contains the plot of a new play that appears to mock her. Arthur later returns to the United States.

Vivien comes to the set and watches some of Marilyn's scenes. She breaks down, saying Marilyn lights up the screen and if only Olivier could see himself when he watches her. Olivier tries unsuccessfully to reassure his wife. Marilyn does not show up to the set following Arthur's departure and she asks Colin to come to Parkside and they talk. The crew becomes captivated by Marilyn when she dances for a scene and Milton pulls Colin aside to tell him Marilyn breaks hearts and that she will break his too. Lucy also notices Colin's growing infatuation with Marilyn and breaks up with him.

Colin and Marilyn spend the day together and are given a tour of the library of Windsor Castle by Owen Morshead. Colin also shows Marilyn around Eton College, and they go skinny dipping in the River Thames. Marilyn kisses Colin and they are found by Roger Smith, Marilyn's bodyguard. Colin is called to Parkside one night as Marilyn has locked herself in her room. Colin enters her room and Marilyn invites him to lie next to her on the bed. The following night, Marilyn wakes up in pain and claims she is having a miscarriage.

A doctor tends to her and Marilyn tells Colin that Arthur is coming back and she wants to try and be a good wife to him, so she and Colin should forget everything that happened between them. She later returns to the set to complete the film. Olivier praises Marilyn, but reveals she has killed his desire to direct again.

Lucy asks Colin if Marilyn broke his heart and he replies that she did 'a little', to which she replies that he needed it. Marilyn comes to a local pub, where Colin is staying, and thanks him for helping her. She kisses him goodbye and Roger drives her to the airport. Wrote the screenplay.

My Week with Marilyn is based on Colin Clark's The Prince, The Showgirl and Me and My Week with Marilyn; two diary accounts, which document his time on the set of the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl and the time he spent with Monroe. After reading the two books in 2004, approached producer about making a film based on them. Parfitt said everyone liked the idea, but because Monroe is so familiar and iconic to people, they wondered what was left to say., who wrote the screenplay, told David Gritten of 'If you'd said to me one day I'd write a film about her, I'd have been amazed, because I wouldn't have known where to start.' Gritten reported the saving grace for Hodges was that Clark's books were written about Monroe at a specific time. Curtis and Parfitt went to and the and they put up the money for development.

They then had to wait for eighteen months while Parfitt negotiated the rights to the books with Clark's estate. The producer and director had to wait a further six months for Hodges' screenplay. Once it was ready, a search for finance and a cast began. Curtis went to and told him about his idea for making a film based on Clark's books. Weinstein told Michael Hogan of that he had read the books for fun, but had never considered them as a film. He read Hodges' script, which he described as 'quite good', charming and fun. Weinstein chose to finance My Week with Marilyn as he was keen to work with Michelle Williams again, following.

The film is produced by Trademark Films and is also financed by LipSync Productions. My Week with Marilyn is Curtis' debut feature film. As and as on set in Mayfair, London Michelle Wiliams was the only actress that producers met with during casting and Curtis said she was the only actress he had sought for the role. She committed to My Week with Marilyn two years before shooting started.

The actress told Adam Green of that the notion of playing Monroe was daunting, but as she finished reading the script, she knew she wanted the role. The actress then spent six months reading biographies, diaries, letters, poems and notes about and from Monroe. She also looked at photographs, watched her films and listened to recordings. Williams had to gain weight for the role and she worked with a choreographer to help perfect Monroe's walk. More than forty actors auditioned for the role of Clark; among them was James Jagger, who began talks with producers in May 2010. In September, it was announced that had been cast as Clark. Parfitt told the that finding an actor for the role had been difficult.

He said 'It's a devilishly tricky part to find the right person for because Colin went to Eton, studied at Oxford and flew for the RAF.' That same month, it was also announced that actress had been cast in the small role of wardrobe assistant, Lucy.

Watson was scheduled to spend only a few days on set shooting her scenes to prevent her studies at from being interrupted. Began talks with producers for the role of Laurence Olivier in July 2010 after had to pull out to direct his adaptation of. Branagh was later cast in the role.

Was given the role of, a photographer and Monroe's business partner. Of Greene, Cooper said 'He was quite an old man, but they had a very close relationship. I think Marilyn felt very supported by him in the beginning.

But ultimately he became her agent and business partner, which is rather a lot.' Cooper filmed his scenes in between his work on. Was approached by executives at the to appear in the film as the actress. Zeta-Jones turned down the role as she did not want to spend a week or more away from her husband,, who was being treated for throat cancer. Curtis and the producers began auditioning other actresses and they later cast in the role.

Ormond's casting was announced at the same time as 's, who portrays. Was cast as Sir Owen Morshead, the royal librarian at Windsor Castle, plays Monroe's private detective and plays. Is, the actress's acting consultant and Richard Clifford was cast as, the actor who played a courtier in The Prince and the Showgirl. The film also stars,, and. It was announced on 8 October 2010, that casting on the film had been completed.

Filming [ ] Principal photography on My Week with Marilyn commenced on 19 September 2010. Dench filmed her scenes during that month as she had to go to India to begin work on. Shooting took place at the from 4 October 2010.

Three days later, was turned into a 1950s to recreate the moment when Monroe arrived in Britain to begin production on The Prince and the Showgirl. Curtis used the studio in which Monroe shot The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956 to film scenes for My Week with Marilyn. Williams was given the same dressing room Monroe had used at the time of her shoot. Filming took place on locations in and around London. One such location included Parkside House in the village of, where Monroe and Miller lived during their stay in England. The film's production designer, Donal Woods, toured the house with Curtis prior to filming and noticed the exterior looked much as it did when Monroe posed for some publicity shots there fifty years ago.

British Cinematographer reported the production had filmed scenes at, near Folkestone, where Clark grew up as a young boy. The film was also shot at, which Clark attended, and outside for a few hours during one Saturday morning. Cinematographer Ben Smithard said the creative and visual references in My Week with Marilyn did not come from other films, but from stills of American photographer and painter,. Smithard told British Cinematographer that a significant amount of time was spent in pre-production. He said 'On an historic film like this, you need to do as much prep as you can get. It's like a history lesson, and you can learn about a point in time.' The cinematographer framed My Week with Marilyn in the standard as it is 'very good for personal stories' and suited the film.

He added that it is easy to frame two actors, but the format is not so good for architectural features. The shoot for My Week with Marilyn lasted seven weeks and was completed in November 2010. Post production ran from 28 November 2010 until 31 August 2011. Costumes and make-up [ ]. Main article: For her performances in My Week with Marilyn, and, Williams was given the Best Actress award at the 2011. On 25 November 2011, it was announced Williams would receive the 2012 Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award from the in recognition of her performance in My Week with Marilyn.

Four days later, Williams was nominated for at the and Best Actress at the. Williams and Branagh were nominated for and respectively at the. Williams was named by the.

Branagh earned a nomination for. On 11 December, Williams won the. She also won the Best Actress award from the, while Branagh garnered a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The nominated Williams and Branagh for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Taylor and Shircore each received a nomination for Best Costume Design and Best Make-up.

Williams, Branagh and the film gathered nominations for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Film from the Phoenix Film Critics Society. On 1 January 2012, the cast was awarded the Capri Ensemble Cast Award from the. Williams won the award at the. While the film and Branagh each received a nomination.

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