Marilyn Monroe Declassified

Marilyn Monroe Declassified (2016)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

If you're a fan of Marilyn Monroe then you'll know about the countless conspiracy theories behind her suspicious death. Her death was ruled as an probable suicide but there have been countless other theories that came up over the years including it being link to John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert.

MARILYN MONROE DECLASSIFIED takes a look at the career of Monroe but there's no doubt that the main focus is on her death. If you're a fan of conspiracy theory videos then you should be entertained by this one. It's certainly not the best made film out there but there are enough interesting moments to make it worth watching.

There are several Monroe experts on hand here but the biggest surprise is seeing filmmaker Philippe Mora who is best known for making HOWLING II and THE MARSUPIALS: THE HOWLING III. It turns out that he was doing some research at the FBI and came across some documents on Monroe and a lot of the information here comes from that. W e also get older interviews with people who were involved with Monroe including the coroner who performed her autopsy. Filmmaker John Huston is also on hand from an older interview where he talks about Monroe's condition while making THE MISFITS.

As with any conspiracy video, it's going to be up to the viewer to decide whether or not they believe what they're being told. As with a lot of videos surrounding Monroe, this one here takes on the plot that her affair with the Kennedy brothers had them tell her secret stuff, which she was going to reveal. The documentary does a nice job at breaking everything down and putting it into a timeline but there are some silly moments that creepy in including her death being connected to Roswell.

MARILYN MONROE: DECLASSIFIED isn't a masterpiece but it's certainly a highly entertaining and detailed look at what might have happened to her.

I have seen this documentary and I have read about how Marilyn Monroe died, and there are reasons why people question if she did take her own life. There was a police officer Lynn Franklin who pulled over Peter Lawford speeding on a road from her home just hours after she had died with Ralph Greenson and Robert Kennedy in the car. I don't believe a police officer would make something like that up. So was Peter Lawford being used either by the Mafia or the CIA?

Later in 1972 a hired contractor discovered a covert listening device installed throughout the home in Brentwood when Veronica Hamel and her then husband the new owners had paid over $100,000 to remove. Then there's the article that Dorothy Kilgallen had authored suggesting Marilyn Monroe had an affair with Robert Kennedy just a day before she died. So was this article the reason for Peter Lawford to be at her home that afternoon on 4 August 1962?

Then there's Eunice Murray and her son-in-law Norman Jeffries at her home that night where she died. So was Eunice Murray waiting for a phone call from Peter Lawford that they were going to return, and did he call two times that night?

If she had accidentally overdosed on the amount Ralph Greenson had asked Eunice Murray to give her. Then Peter Lawford was still accountable, because he was wanting Ralph Greenson and Robert Kennedy to be there. "Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the president, and say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy. ... I'll see, I'll see." - Marilyn Monroe.

Summary: The documentary Marilyn Monroe Declassified raises questions about her death, including the presence of Peter Lawford and the possibility of foul play. The discovery of a listening device and Dorothy Kilgallen's article further complicate the narrative.