BBB
(out of 5)
Marilyn Monroe shows up at Albert Einstein’s hotel room one evening and explains to him the theory of relativity. Soon afterwards, Senator Joe McCarthy comes to badger Einstein about an HUAC court appearance and Joe DiMaggio stomps in to get his wife to come home. Based on the play by Terry Johnson, this completely original curiosity, directed with visual flair by Nicolas Roeg, shows the end result of politics, science and sex being blended into one heated situation. Not all audiences will warm up to it, but it’s pretty interesting and enjoyable, if only for the surefire performance by Theresa Russell as the cinema goddess and Michael Emil‘s dead-on impersonation of the groundbreaking scientist.
Recorded Picture Company, Zenith Entertainment
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Screenplay by Terry Johnson
Cinematography by Peter Hannan
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Music by Stanley Myers, Hans Zimmer
Production Design by David Brockhurst
Costume Design by Shuna Harwood
Film Editing by Tony Lawson
