The Notorious Bettie Page
starring: Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris, Sarah Paulson, Cara Seymour
directed by: Mary Harron
directed by: Mary Harron
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359329524
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 7456
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In an incandescent performance Gretchen Mol (The Shape of Things) stars as Bettie Page who grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day. Complemented by an ensemble cast of acclaimed actors such as David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck) and Lili Taylor (High Fidelity) the film brings to vivid life Bettie?s fascinating world.Running Time: 90 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 026359329524 Manufacturer No: 93295
Amazon.com:
The cult pin-up idol Bettie Page gets the full-fledged biopic treatment in The Notorious Bettie Page, a movie that somehow seems as tame and innocent as the naughty photographs Bettie made in the 1950s. After a few scenes of Bettie growing up, the film quickly leads us to her more-or-less glory years, when she posed for countless peekaboo photos and some nudie films. These would make her an underground star for decades--long after she gave up modeling for religion, in fact. Gretchen Mol, a premature starlet in a redemptive role, does nicely at suggesting Bettie's too-trusting nature, maintaining her equipoise in a sleazy world. Her nude scenes are as liberated and no-sweat as those old nudist films always wanted people to believe. Director Mary Harron plays most of the film in the black-and-white that Bettie thrived in, which seems fitting enough (although the Kodachrome-bright color interludes are welcome). There's an air of 'Ed Wood' about the project, and Harron maintains a similarly jovial tone, but the film does have a tendency to fall into the and-then-this-happened metronome rhythm of film biography. Even a promising venture into the Senate hearings on pornography is a minor joke. Jared Harris and Lili Taylor, veterans of Harron's 'I Shot Andy Warhol,' play colorful characters out of the grindhouse world, but few supporting players get a chance to make an impression. The main draw is Mol's commitment to the role and the film's goofy re-creation of a most peculiar subculture at an unlikely time. --Robert Horton
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- This film could have stood to be a tad more notorious...Some films suffer from a heavy hand; direction that is too concentrated on a deep and meaningful delivery ... Read More
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- Ugh. Don't even rent this one.To be fair, I didn't view this entire movie. I couldn't finish it. Although the camera work is lovely, the ... Read More
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- Wonderful Acting and Period Detail: Still Bettie Page Remains an Elusive FigureI can say two things about this film. Gretchen Mol did a brilliant job for "The Notorious Bettie Page," a bio ... Read More
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- you're forced to watch the trailersI'm a diehard pinup fan and love this movie. However, I HATE the DVD. They made it so that when you put in the ... Read More
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