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Released
1996 · FILM

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Marilyn Monroe was our fantasy. Norma Jean was her reality.

Directed by
Runtime
139 min
TV MovieDramaHistory

Synopsis

This film traces Norma Jean's journey from her modest and ambitious beginnings to the height of her fame as a sex symbol and her eventual decline. She moves from one relationship to another in pursuit of career advancement. While she achieves stardom, she remains unhappy, understanding seduction but not love.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Glenn FarrShot by John ThomasScored by Christopher YoungDesigned by Cynthia Charette

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  • Marilyn - Ihr Lebende

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