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The Notorious Bettie Page
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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August 13 2010
review from Amazon User
Pros & Cons :the movie only lightly touches on her tragic past and all-together ignores other aspects of her life which surely shaped who she was and who she would become.
My Bettie
...The movie only lightly touches on her tragic past and all-together ignores other aspects of her life which surely shaped who she was and who she would become. It really bothers me that the writers ... read more
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May 30 2010
review from Amazon User
Pros & Cons :bettie page was a pure hearted innocent that gretchen mol caught with such charm.
...It was sad to see her auditioning on stage and acting so well only to have the director say, "I never expected to meet the notorious Bettie Page, thank you - NEXT! " Bettie looks perplexed and wal ... read more
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May 30 2010
review from Amazon User
Pros & Cons :bettie page was a pure hearted innocent that gretchen mol caught with such charm.
Pure and Innocent
...It was sad to see her auditioning on stage and acting so well only to have the director say, "Well, I never expected to meet the notorious Bettie Page, thank you - NEXT! " Bettie looks perplexed a ... read more
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January 11 2010
review from Amazon User
Pros & Cons :an entertaining though somewhat conventional biopic of the famous bondage model from the fifties.
Entertaining if a bit conventional biopic
...Gretchen Mol acquits herself nicely in the title role - even though she looks to be quite a bit taller than Bettie was. As played in this movie, Page was a naive and devoutly Christian girl from T ... read more
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April 6 2009
review from Amazon User
Pros & Cons :page, but also government corruption and censorship, the beginnings of the sexual revolution, the effects of sexual abuse on women, and the state of feminism in the '50s.
...When the topic is covered, it's done so superficially, with little attention to detail. Which is all fine and good - after all, the film is called THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE for a reason - except ... read more
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April 6 2009
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Pros & Cons :page, but also government corruption and censorship, the beginnings of the sexual revolution, the effects of sexual abuse on women, and the state of feminism in the '50s.
...When the topic is covered, it's done so superficially, with little attention to detail.Which is all fine and good - after all, the film is called THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE for a reason - except th ... read more
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March 25 2009
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...being a possible porn film I thought the director and producer kept a level of professionalism throughout the film. read more
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March 25 2009
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history touches all fields.
...being a possible porn film I thought the director and producer kept a level of professionalism throughout the film. read more
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January 8 2009
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Pros & Cons :paige hoped to create a career as an actress, and indeed her talents were such that she was able to enroll in the celebrated hb studio acting school--but it was a model that she would find fame, first doing "cheesecake" photographs for popular men's magazines of the day and later as a "specialty" model in bondage, s&m, and fetish photographs.
...It is therefore somewhat disappointing that to date no film has successfully captured the essence of Page or her story. THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE is more or less correct so far as the known facts ... read more
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January 8 2009
review from Amazon User
Pros & Cons :paige hoped to create a career as an actress, and indeed her talents were such that she was able to enroll in the celebrated hb studio acting school--but it was a model that she would find fame, first doing "cheesecake" photographs for popular men's magazines of the day and later as a "specialty" model in bondage, s&m, and fetish photographs.
...It is therefore somewhat disappointing that to date no film has successfully captured the essence of Page or her story.THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE is more or less correct so far as the known facts a ... read more
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| Actor: | Gretchen Mol Chris Bauer Jared Harris Sarah Paulson Cara Seymour |
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| Director: | Mary Harron |
| Format: | AC-3 Closed-captioned Color Dolby DVD-Video Subtitled Widescreen NTSC |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.66:1 |
| Audience Rating: | R (Restricted) |
| Category: | DVD |
| Brand: | Hbo Home Video |
| Label: | Hbo Home Video |
| Manufacturer: | Hbo Home Video |
| Product Group: | DVD |
| Region Code: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 2006-09-26 |
| Theatrical Release Date: | 2005 |
| Running Time: | 90 (minutes) |
| UPC: | 026359329524 |
| ASIN: | B000GB5M42 |
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