Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Documentary about the moviestar's last months including her tumultuous love affairs, drug and alcohol dependency, depression and eventual firing from her final film, 20th Century Fox's "Something's Got To Give". Features several first time interviews with the people surrounding Monroe at the end of her life, behind the scenes footage and stills, and the assembled footage from her final film, co-starring Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse.
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Released
- 2001
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2001
Storyline
Documentary about the moviestar's last months including her tumultuous love affairs, drug and alcohol dependency, depression and eventual firing from her final film, 20th Century Fox's "Something's Got To Give". Features several first time interviews with the people surrounding Monroe at the end of her life, behind the scenes footage and stills, and the assembled footage from her final film, co-starring Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse.
Top credits
James Coburn — Narrator- Gene Allen — Self
Steve Allen — Self
Lauren Bacall — Self
Did you know
• This documentary is the only source for those wishing to see all the surviving footage from Monroe's uncompleted swan song Something's Got to Give (1962). Earlier exposes on the actress have featured partial excerpts, all of which focused on Monroe. However, this reconstruction also presents, for the first time, individual scenes featuring her co-stars Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse and Phil Silvers, along with underscoring of the title song pilfered from the soundtrack of Daddy Long Legs (1955). As of 2022, no additional footage has been unearthed from Something's Got to Give, making this version the definitive documentation of the aborted project.
User reviews
For film buffs
A sad but interesting look at Marilyn Monroe's last days
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Color
