Mansfield 66/67

  • 96'
  • UK
  • 2017
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of actress and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield in a bizarre car accident – a great opportunity to look back at her colourful life. If the documentary Mansfield 66/67 makes one thing clear, it is that the term ‘post-truth’ is not a recent phenomenon. The makers deliberately choose to put forward many different, conflicting visions of the ‘blonde bombshell’. Was Mansfield, who had Marilyn Monroe as competition in the 1950s, a living cartoon, a camp character – or was she very gifted and blessed with talents other than her ample bosom, to which film titles such as Kiss Them for Me semi-humorously referred? And was her death the result of a flirtation with the Church of Satan, or just bad luck? 
The exuberantly designed Mansfield 66/67 – as over-the-top as Jayne herself – also shows the contrast between the 1950s and the 1960s, which brought a new generation of more politically aware actresses to the fore, replacing the three Ms: Monroe, Mansfield and Mamie (Van Doren).
Directors
Todd Hughes, P. David Ebersole
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
UK, USA
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
96'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes, Larra Anderson
Production Company
The Ebersole Hughes Company
Sales
Stray Dogs
Cinematography
Larra Anderson, John Tanzer
Editor
Todd Hughes, P. David Ebersole, Luke Smith, Joel Maudsley
Production Design
Jane Morton
Sound Design
Laura Taylor
Music
Robert Davis, James Peter Moffatt
Website
Http://www.mansfield6667.com
Directors
Todd Hughes, P. David Ebersole
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
UK, USA
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
96'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes, Larra Anderson
Production Company
The Ebersole Hughes Company
Sales
Stray Dogs
Cinematography
Larra Anderson, John Tanzer
Editor
Todd Hughes, P. David Ebersole, Luke Smith, Joel Maudsley
Production Design
Jane Morton
Sound Design
Laura Taylor
Music
Robert Davis, James Peter Moffatt
Website
Http://www.mansfield6667.com