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Marilyn's Man

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I have seen this wonderful movie. Norma Jean will now shine in the eyes of all Marilyn fans world wide. This film humanizes the woman who has become immortal! She was after all only one woman. Jim has set the record straight....all because of his undying love. What a true romance! We all love Marilyn...now we can love Norma Jeane as well! Anyone who minimizes the essence of this story has never truly been in love! Not unlike a childless person....claiming to know anything re-raising children!

All this and done with local ingenuity. It is refreshing to find that not all movies have to come from Hollywood. There is such talent locally and it shines through in Marilyn's Man.

I liked this documentary and actually cried while watching it. (What a great song, "All About Love") Jim elucidates his love for Norma Jeane; proof that if you do love someone or something you sometimes have to let it go. The film has a real natural flow to it. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to see a different perspective on things...not to mention great photos, too.

I have been searching for Marilyn Monroe items to write about in school. I came across this movie online. I was hoping to get a real autograph from anything Marilyn signed and bring it into school but instead found Marilyn's Man interesting. I bought it on Dvd and loved this movie. I hope I can at least get an autographed copy from the producer of the movie to bring into school and share with my friends. I hope whoever else reads this will take consideration to see this movie like I did. Wish you all find this movie fun like I did.

This is the slowest, worst "documentary" I've seen to once again take advantage of Marilyn Monroe's name. It is the long rantings of an old codger who is trying to remember anything he can make up about his loveless marriage to the great Marilyn. She dropped him as soon as she could after the marriage was arranged. She saw where her life would end up if she stayed with him.

The woman he should be thanking and doing the documentary about is his present wife, who I'm sure has put up with a lot over the years. Let it go, Jim.....it's getting pathetic.

This documentary is very well done. I found it very interesting. The music is fantastic.

I was so exited to get this NEW Documentary about Marilyn Monroe, I heard so many good reviews that I went for it! I'm not happy with the end product, I thought that it would have a more inside depth about her life before she became the movie star we all grew to admire,this documentary is about a man longing for the love he had and lost, sure there's a couple of clips and photographs I haven't seen before, every other clip and photo you'll see in this DVD you can find it in every other documentary out there!!!! like I mentioned this is just the melancholic, nostalgic desire of a man that never forgot his first wife, she just happend to be Marilyn Monroe.

I couldn't even finish to watch the 'documentary'. Poorly done and boring. Not even for a Marilyn fan.

I have to agree that the film is very poorly edited. It is touching and interesting, but poorly done.
FYI one of the pictures in one of the many photo montages is not Marilyn Monroe, it is a a Marilyn Monroe look-alike...me!
The picture has been my publicity shot for over 13 years and has been published in books and on many websites as being me in all that time. The producer refuses to admit his mistake, so to try to halt any future confusion I am letting you all know here.
As for the film...its worth seeing because Marilyn is in it.

Hi there, I went to a store out here and someone was dressed up as Monroe. She told us that there was a movie out named Marilyn's Man which was about her earlier times when she was alive. Dressed up Monroe told me that her first husband passed on and the move spoke about him. I and a friend of mine went online to research the sites about this film. I have to say going on Empire site we listened the samples of all songs and the soundtrack seems nice. I would also like to tell JIMMY WATKINS that there are many more artists he forgot to give credit to. After reading all these comments on this site I don't know if I'm going to buy it yet. I read CHIATZ and even MOVIEVIEWERS. I agree with MOVIEVIEWER that ALL ABOUT LOVE is nice and thought from the sample on Empire that the singer was black. He has a TOP40 radio feel. My friend and I even checked out Chris Tian website and the site is professionally done.

This documentary is special and somewhat historic in that very little is known about Norma Jean before she became "Marilyn Monroe." Some of her history was made up by the studios or PR people. Here Jim Dougherty gives true insight into Norma Jean. He was just a normal man who happened to become involved with a woman who was going to be one of the most famous, legendary, iconic and mesmerizing persons in the world. Peeling away the layers of her persona with his insight still leaves her interesting and an enigma.

Mr. Dougherty's story is poignant and touching. After 4 years of marriage to Norma Jean he eventually found his own way to move on and remarry a loving woman and have children. He admits to only knowing Norma Jean and NOT "Marilyn Monroe." A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. The power of her legend followed him for the rest of his life. I'm glad I have this in my collection.