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Blonde
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5.9From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
Cast
- Ana de Armas as Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe
- Adrien Brody as The Playwright
- Bobby Cannavale as The Ex-Athlete
- Sara Paxton as Miss Flynn
- Lucy DeVito as Ex-Athlete's Niece
- Julianne Nicholson as Gladys
Themes
- suicide
- rape
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- pregnancy
- overdose
- psychological stress
- exploitation
- biography
- celebrity
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andrew Dominik
- Screenplay by
- Andrew Dominik
- Based on
- Blonde , by Joyce Carol Oates
- Produced by
- Brad Pitt Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner Tracey Landon Scott Robertson
- Starring
- Ana de Armas Adrien Brody Bobby Cannavale Xavier Samuel Julianne Nicholson
- Cinematography
- Chayse Irvin
- Edited by
- Adam Robinson
- Music by
- Nick Cave Warren Ellis
- Production company
- Plan B Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Netflix
- Release dates
- September 8, 2022 ( 2022-09-08 ) ( Venice ) September 16, 2022 ( 2022-09-16 ) (United States) September 28, 2022 ( 2022-09-28 ) (Netflix)
- Running time
- 166 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $22 million
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Wikidata facts
- Main subject
- Marilyn Monroe
- Duration
- 167
- FilmAffinity ID
- 257670
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- title
- Blonde
- publication date
- 2022-09-28
- Commons category
- Blonde (2022 film)
- review score
- 50/100
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Blonde is a 2022 American psychological drama film written and directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the 2000 novel by Joyce Carol Oates. The film is a fictionalized account of the life and career of American actress Marilyn Monroe, played by Ana de Armas. The cast also includes Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson.
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon, Brad Pitt, and Scott Robertson produced the film. After a lengthy period of development that began in 2010, Blonde entered production in August 2019 in Los Angeles. Production wrapped in July 2021, following the shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film plays with shifting aspect ratios and alternates between color and black and white.