We'll Take Manhattan

2011, 90 minutes

We'll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between photographer David Bailey and sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton

Set predominantly in 1962, but also exploring the story of how Bailey and Shrimpton first met, this one-off drama reveals how a young, visionary photographer refused to conform. He insisted on using the unconventional model Jean Shrimpton (played by Karen Gillan) on an important photo shoot for British Vogue and, over the course of a freezing week in Manhattan, threw out the rule book and made startling, original photographs. We'll Take Manhattan is the story of that wild week, of Bailey and Jean's love affair, and of how two young people accidentally changed the world forever.



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Anna Swan
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Deputy Fashion Editor, Vogue London