Transcript: Blonde DVD Review: Marilyn Monroe's Story on 3 Disc Set

Welcome to the Film Chest Media Group. We're talking about this brand new release entitled Blonde, and this features the Marilyn Stories, stories about Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe, of course, born Norma Jean Mortensen, but is more than just known for being a pinup girl, if you will. She had a really good acting ability. She had a really good sense of humor in her comedy, the way she would do things, and she was pretty fun to watch in a lot of the films. Some of my favorite films that she was in, and some that many people will remember very much, is like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and probably one of her most well-known is probably Seven Year Itch. there are many others of course my favorite has to be Some Like It Hot I love this film This is so hilarious You talking Marilyn Monroe Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon Hilarious film This is truly my favorite But she played in so many different films. And the interesting thing is she was a very high-ranking billed actress for about a decade. She was right up there, and her films were making a lot of money for the studio. We're talking over a decade, about $200 million her films was grossing. Now, when we look at it in this day and age, we're talking over $2 billion in this day and age is about what her films grossed at that time. Pretty amazing. Now, many critics consider Marilyn Monroe one of the best actresses never to receive an Academy Award nomination, and that's pretty impressive to hear. Now, this new release is pretty cool. I love this. It has this embossed title here. You can feel it. It's kind of got a little bit of an embossing there that pretty cool And it says blonde Okay Now this is a set that has a lot of material in it okay So let take a quick look at this real real quick You got three discs It's a three-disc set, okay? And a lot of good material is in this set, okay? So we get, first off, we get the 2001 two-part miniseries biopic entitled Blonde. We also get the 1991 dramatic featurette entitled Marilyn and Me and the 1971 film Goodbye Norma Jean, as well as other documentaries about Marilyn Monroe, including a 1967 kind of a mini documentary, if you will. It runs about 55 minutes, I think is what it is. You also get her first ever TV appearance on The Great Jack Benny's TV show, one of my favorites. Just an amazing box set, right? I just love this. So, like I said, three discs, okay, three discs here. There also comes with a booklet here that has all kinds of stuff about the movies that are included in this set which is really really cool And photos as well Very cool I love that And like I said also the slipcover Always love a slipcover. That's always a cool thing to have. So yeah, it's a pretty cool looking little set. We've took a quick look at it. We've not gone through all of it. We'll be bringing you a full written review of this entire box set as soon as we go through everything. We'll let you know all about that in a little bit right on Classic Cinema Plus. So you'll want to keep your eyes open there for more details about this box set. And maybe if you're a fan of Marilyn Monroe, or if you're just a fan of documentary biopics like I am, this will probably be one you'll want to add to your collection. So definitely go to Classic Cinema Plus, check it out as soon as we put up that review. It's coming very, very soon. We want to thank you for joining us today. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. We appreciate it. It helps out so much. And as we said, go to Classic Cinema Plus every single day, new stuff all the time, and you'll be there for days and days. All right, until we see you next time, have a blessed one, and we will see you next time. And remember, if you want to see a great film, check out a classic. We'll see you next time. Bye. Thank you.