We'll Take Manhattan

We'll Take Manhattan

★ 5.7IMDb Score
Released:2012-01-26
Duration:90 min
Director:John McKay
Actors:Karen Gillan, Aneurin Barnard, Frances Barber, Helen McCrory, Fiona Button
Production:Ovation Entertainment

Overview:

We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a wild and unpredictable 1962 Vogue photo shoot in New York, the drama brings to life the story of two young people falling in love, misbehaving and inadvertently defining the style of the Sixties along the way.

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