Marilyn Monroe,
Albert Einstein, Senator Joseph McCarthy (of the anti Communist witch-hunt)
and baseball-hero Joe DiMaggio (Monroe's husband) meet in a New York
hotel room in 1954. Nicolas Roeg's excellent version of Terry Johnson's
satirical stage-play offers us an acting and writing tour de force,
masterly dialogue and a most entertaining mix of topical issues: fame,
vanity, communism versus democracy, world peace, jealousy, Freud,
love, The Theory of Relativity, the physical appearance of the universe,
the A-bomb, hatred, and freedom of speech.
Awards
Cannes 1985
Winner,
Technical Grand Prix
Nominated for Palme d'Or
Critics
"Roeg mixes
the various elements into a very volatile cocktail--sexy, outrageous,
and compulsively watchable." Jonathan Rosenbaum,The
Chicago Reader
Programme Notes
The programme
notes for this film are available here.
Audience Rating
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Director
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Nicolas
Roeg |
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Writers |
Terry
Johnson |
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Cast |
Theresa
Russell
Tony Curtis
Gary Busey
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Cert |
15 |
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Length |
1
hour 49 mins |
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Country |
UK
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Language |
English |
Nicolas
Roeg Films at Blackstar
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