May 10, 2004
65 min
Full-HD

The Body of Marilyn Monroe (2004)

The body of Marilyn Monroe is recreated in a futuristic mortuary. We explore the body to find out what effect it had on her life as she became one of the great movie star icons.

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Documentary

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Max Beesley

Self - Narrator

Marilyn Monroe

archive footage

Arthur Miller

archive footage

Laurence Olivier

archive footage

Anthony Summers

self

Jeffrey Aronson

self

mellini mahadevan

self

Catherine Hood

self

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