Cinedigm has acquired domestic DVD, digital and video on demand rights to Liz Garbus’ “Love Marilyn,” a documentary about Marilyn Monroe and the price of fame, Cinedigm and Submarine Entertainment announced on Friday.
Submarine has been shopping the project, and had already sold domestic TV rights to HBO. Mongrel Media has acquired the Canadian rights and Jaguar Distribution took airline rights.
Garbus, an Oscar nominee, incorporates unseen footage, as well as Monroe’s handwritten diaries, letters, notes and poems. The latter material in particular stresses the toll fame took on the beloved and controversial actress.
It also features readings and appearances from actors including Glenn Close, Paul Giamatti, Oliver Platt, Uma Thurman, Marissa Tomei and Hope Davis.