Марилинмен кездесу саяхаты Marilynmen kezdesu sayahati

1993 film by John Whitesell

While Marilyn Monroe is enjoying her rise to stardom and iconic pop culture status, a trio of childhood friends happily, and surreptitiously, obtain racy pictures of her for their pubescent enjoyment. Once they mature (at least by age), Roy has his eyes set on joining the Military despite his strained relationship with his father. His buddy, Scott, has a prosthetic leg and is to be married soon to his darling significant other Becky. Their pal Ned, known affectionately as "Bleuer," works at a small town store. Thanks to Roy's uncle, the three desirous and hapless friends shack up at his place in California, where they yearn to meet—if only for a brief second—the fabulous and stunning Miss Marilyn Monroe. Their quest leads to shenanigans, and silliness ensues as they arrange the most brainless ideas to win over their idol. One includes corralling a "sad" cow to moo outside of Miss Monroe's luxurious residence, another has the guys speeding after Marilyn towards a nude beach, while an entirely separate subplot has them dodging some bad guys that are after Roy. Eventually, it is up to Marilyn to pity the trio's collectively desperate agony. The boys devise a clever scheme to avoid Miss Monroe's hawkish maid, and Roy haplessly asks Miss Monroe for a date. This leads to further despair amongst the trio. They begin to regret coming out for the trip and they decide to go out on the town one last time. In a sudden twist, Monroe finally does agree to a date upon the sandy splendor of the Californian beach. Initially, while resentment has grown between the three friends, Roy is designated to be the lucky one that gets to hopefully "canoe" Miss Monroe, but he passes off the opportunity to his buddy "Bleuer." He agrees, and treats the lovely Miss Monroe to a platonic, but wonderful night. While Roy (in his macho way) is disappointed by Bleuer's effort, the boys return home to the sad news that Marilyn has abruptly died of a drug overdose. Back home, Scott continues his plans to marry his love, Becky, and Roy tussles with his father in the gym which leads to one last touching moment between the two before Roy is shipped out to boot camp. The film's last image is of Bleuer as he embraces his wild side and partakes in a telephone booth gathering that enchants a local college girl in his favor.

Producer Debbie Robins first brought the script, originally titled Me and Monroe, to Penny Marshall with the intent of Marshall directing. However, Marshall decided to direct the film Awakenings instead. Marshall retained executive producer credits through her production company, Parkway Productions. In conjunction with these protests, a poster was commissioned with caricatures of Penny Marshall and Kurt Fuller; Marshall is acting as a puppeteer controlling Fuller's movements, while Fuller signs "I lie".

Calendar Girl film was originally planned for a release in April 1993, but this was delayed to August.

The film received mostly negative reviews, with criticisms centered on some of the plot’s improbabilities, particularly when the boys arrive in Hollywood and begin tracking down Monroe, in addition to the contrivances of the script. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "The film revives the voyeuristic smarminess of early ’80s spring break comedies, only now it’s passed off as soulful nostalgia." Johanna Steinmetz of the Chicago Tribune commented the film "is all surface, with no depth of emotional field. We are told that each boy matures as a result of this caper, but we can't see it happen." Emanuel Levy of Variety gave a largely negative review, but conceded "what Shapiro and first time director John Whitesell do get right is the dynamics of the group, specifically Priestley’s leadership as a combination of persuasion, intimidation and manipulation". On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Calendar Girl has an approval rating of 11% based on 19 reviews.

Calendar Girl was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home on August 7, 2012.