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FREE MY WEEK WITH MARILYN PDF Colin Clark | 400 pages | 28 Mar 2012 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007431588 | English | London, United Kingdom My Week with Marilyn | Emma Watson Wiki | Fandom The film focuses on the week in which Monroe spent time being escorted around London by Clark Redmayneafter her husband, Arthur Miller Dougray Scotthad left the country. Principal photography began on 4 October at Pinewood Studios. Curtis also used the same studio in which Monroe shot The Prince and the Showgirl in Following his graduation from university inaspiring filmmaker Colin Clark Eddie Redmayne travels to London to get a job on Laurence Olivier's Kenneth Branagh next production. Hugh Perceval Michael Kitchen tells Colin that there are no jobs available, but he decides to wait for Olivier, whom he once met at a party. Colin's first task is to find a suitable place for Marilyn and her husband, Arthur Miller Dougray Scottto stay at while they are in England. The press find out about the house, but Colin reveals he secured a second house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyn's publicist, Arthur P. Jacobs Toby Jones. The paparazzi find out about Marilyn's arrival at Heathrow and they gather around the plane when it lands. Marilyn brings her husband, her business partner, Milton H. She initially appears to be uncomfortable around the many photographers, but relaxes at the press conference. Olivier becomes frustrated when Marilyn is late to the read-through. She insists Paula sits with her and when she has trouble with her lines, Paula reads them for her. Colin meets Lucy Emma Watsona wardrobe assistant to whom he is attracted, and they go on a date. Marilyn starts arriving later My Week with Marilyn the set and often forgets her lines, angering Olivier. However, Sybil praises Marilyn and defends her when Olivier tries to get her to apologise for holding the shoot up. Marilyn struggles to understand her character and leaves the set when Olivier insults her. Colin asks the director to My Week with Marilyn more sympathetic towards Marilyn, My Week with Marilyn he goes to Parkside House to check on My Week with Marilyn. He hears an argument and finds a tearful Marilyn sitting on the stairs with Arthur's notebook, which contains the plot of a new play that appears to poke fun at My Week with Marilyn. Arthur later returns to the United States. Vivien comes to the set and watches some of Marilyn's scenes. She breaks down, saying Marilyn lights up the screen and if only Olivier could see himself when he watches her. Olivier tries unsuccessfully to reassure his wife. Marilyn does not show up to the set following Arthur's departure and she asks Colin to come to Parkside and they talk. The crew becomes captivated by Marilyn when she dances My Week with Marilyn a scene and Milton pulls Colin aside to tell him Marilyn breaks hearts and that she will break his too. Lucy also notices Colin's growing infatuation with Marilyn and breaks up with him. Colin is called to Parkside one night as Marilyn has locked herself in her room. Colin enters her room and Marilyn invites him to lie next to her on the bed. The following night, Marilyn wakes up in pain and claims she is having a miscarriage. A doctor tends to her and Marilyn tells Colin that she wants to forget everything. She later returns to the My Week with Marilyn to complete the film. Olivier praises Marilyn, but reveals she has killed his desire to direct again. Lucy asks Colin if Marilyn broke his heart and My Week with Marilyn replies that she did, to which she replies that he needed it. Marilyn comes to a local pub, where Colin's is staying, and thanks him for helping her. She kisses him goodbye and Roger drives her to My Week with Marilyn airport. After reading the two books My Week with MarilynSimon Curtis approached producer David Parfitt about making a film based on them. Parfitt said everyone liked the idea, but because Monroe is so familiar and iconic to people, they wondered what was left to say. Adrian Hodges, who wrote the screenplay, told David Gritten of The Daily Telegraph "If you'd said to me one day I'd write a film about her, I'd have been amazed, because I wouldn't have known where to start. They then had to wait for eighteen months while Parfitt negotiated the rights to the books with Clark's My Week with Marilyn. The producer and director had to wait a further six months for Hodges' screenplay. Once it was ready, a search for finance and a cast began. Curtis went to Harvey My Week with Marilyn and told him about his idea for making a film based on Clark's books. Weinstein told Michael Hogan of The Huffington Post that he had read the books for fun, but had never considered them as a film. He read Hodges' script, which he described as "quite good", charming and fun. My Week with Marilyn is Curtis' debut feature film. Three months later, it was revealed that Williams had been in talks for the role. In NovemberCurtis revealed he had only sought Williams to play Monroe. She was the only actress that producers met with during casting. Williams committed to My Week with Marilyn two years before shooting started. The actress told Adam Green of Vogue that the notion of playing Monroe was daunting, but as she finished reading the script, she knew she wanted the role. The actress then spent six months reading biographies, diaries, My Week with Marilyn, poems and notes about and from Monroe. She also looked at My Week with Marilyn, watched her My Week with Marilyn and listened to recordings. Williams had to gain weight for the role and she worked with a choreographer to help perfect Monroe's walk. More than forty actors auditioned for the role of Clark; among them was James Jagger, who began talks with producers in May In September, it was announced that Eddie Redmayne had been cast as Clark. Parfitt told the Daily Mail My Week with Marilyn finding an actor for the role had been difficult. He said "It's a devilishly tricky part to find the right person for because Colin went to Eton, studied at Oxford and flew for the RAF. Watson was scheduled to spend only a few days on set shooting her scenes to prevent her studies at Brown University from being interrupted. Kenneth Branagh began talks with producers for the role of Laurence My Week with Marilyn in July after Ralph Fiennes had to pull out to direct his adaptation of Coriolanus. Branagh was later cast in the role. Dominic Cooper was given the role of Milton H. Greene, a photographer and Monroe's business partner. Of Greene, Cooper said "He was My Week with Marilyn an old man, but they had a very close relationship. I think Marilyn felt very supported by him in the beginning. But ultimately he became her agent and business partner, which is rather a lot. Catherine Zeta-Jones was approached by executives at the Weinstein Company to appear in the film as the actress Vivien Leigh. Zeta-Jones turned down the role as she did not want to spend a week or more away from her husband, Michael Douglas, who was being treated for throat cancer. Curtis and the My Week with Marilyn began auditioning other actresses and they later cast Julia Ormond in the role. Ormond's casting was announced at the same time as Dougray Scott's, who portrays Arthur Miller. It was announced on 8 Octoberthat casting on the film had been completed. Principal photography on My Week with Marilyn commenced on 19 September Shooting took place at the Pinewood Studios from 4 October Williams was given the same dressing room Monroe had used at the time of her shoot. Filming took place on locations in and around London. One such location included Parkside House in the village of Englefield Green, where Monroe and Miller lived during their stay in England. The film's production designer, Donal Woods, toured the house with Curtis prior to filming and noticed the exterior looked much as it did when Monroe posed for some publicity shots there fifty years ago. British Cinematographer reported the production had filmed scenes at Saltwood Castle, near Folkestone, where Clark grew up as a young boy. The film was My Week with Marilyn shot at Eton College, which Clark attended, and outside Windsor Castle for a few hours during one Saturday morning. Cinematographer Ben Smithard said the creative and visual references in My Week with Marilyn did not come from other films, but from stills of American photographer and painter, Saul Leiter. Smithard told British Cinematographer that a significant amount of time was spent in pre- production. He said "On an historic film like this, you need to do as much prep as you can get. It's like a history lesson, and you can learn about a point in time. He added that it is easy to frame two actors, but the format is not so good for architectural features. The shoot for My Week with Marilyn lasted seven weeks and was completed in November Post production ran from 28 November until 31 August The first trailer for the film was introduced by Harvey Weinstein during the Cannes Film Festival. It was officially released on 6 October The film was originally scheduled to be released on 4 November in the United States, but shortly after its premiere at the New York Film Festival, The Weinstein Company moved the release date to 23 November.