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The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) 6.6
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6.6/10 from 7,071 users
Metascore: 64/100
Reviews: 94 user | 108 critic | 38 from Metacritic.com The story of Bettie Page, uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation (based on her bondage photos). Director:Mary Harron |
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Irving Klaw
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John Willie
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Portrait of an American innocent. In 1955, Bettie Page (1923-2008 ) waits to testify before a Senate subcommittee investigating the effects of pornographic material on American adolescents and juveniles. In flashbacks, we see her childhood in Tennessee, a brief marriage, a gang rape, and her going to New York City in 1949. There she takes acting lessons, models for photos, and acts in short films for adults, earning the nickname, "The Pin-Up Queen of the Universe." We see her relationship with merchants Irving and Paula Klaw, photographers John Willie and Bunny Yeager, boyfriends, and the public. Through it all, she is wholesome, sporting, and forthright - Eve before the fall. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Good Girl. Bad Girl. Sinner. Saint. Who is. . . See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for nudity, sexual content and some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 April 2006 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
The Ballad of Bettie Page See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$143,131 (USA) (14 April 2006)Gross:
$1,410,778 (USA) (23 June 2006)Company Credits
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Written by Frank Grillo (Machito)
Performed by Frank Grillo (as Machito) & His Afro-Cubans
Courtesy of Universal Music Latino
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Hugh M. Hefner, a good friend of Bettie's, held a private screening of this movie for Bettie Page and a small group of friends. Bettie reportedly liked the movie and remarked that 'Gretchen Moll' was much prettier than she was. Her only complaint was the films title, saying "I was NEVER notorious!" See more »Goofs
In the famous 'Jungle Bettie' pics, Bettie posed with cheetahs. In the movie they are jaguars. See more »Quotes
Bettie Page: I'm not ashamed. Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden of Eden, weren't they? When they sinned, they put on clothes.See more »
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craft service - Grover Cleveland, craft service assistant - Benjamin Harrison See more »Soundtracks
"Sopa de Pichon"Written by Frank Grillo (Machito)
Performed by Frank Grillo (as Machito) & His Afro-Cubans
Courtesy of Universal Music Latino
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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For a film that's ostensibly about sex and leather, it doesn't have any right to be as oddly sweet as it is. The story of Bettie Page, a good Christian girl from the South who's momma wouldn't let her date until she married, who moved to New York and ended up becoming the most successful pin-up of her age, is driven by an outstanding performance from Gretchen Moll. Her Page can't quite reconcile the pictures that she takes (nobody's allowed to touch, it's all fun and respectful) with the pornography trials and supposed ill-effects that her images have on the world around her.
Page has been an inspiration to every burlesque artist since, not just because she had a figure to die for, but because she invested every picture with an innocent sense of fun that was uniquely sexy and simple at the same time. Rather like this film, in fact. Filmde in both black and white and glorious technicolour, it's a lovely way to spend a couple of hours.