The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation due to her risqué bondage photos.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gretchen Mol | ... | Bettie Page | |
| Chris Bauer | ... | Irving Klaw | |
| Jared Harris | ... | John Willie | |
| Sarah Paulson | ... | Bunny Yeager | |
| Cara Seymour | ... | Maxie | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Estes Kefauver | |
| Lili Taylor | ... | Paula Klaw | |
| John Cullum | ... | Preacher in Nashville | |
| Matt McGrath | ... | Nervous Man | |
| Austin Pendleton | ... | Teacher | |
| Norman Reedus | ... | Billy Neal | |
| Dallas Roberts | ... | Scotty | |
| Victor Slezak | ... | Minister in Miami | |
| Tara Subkoff | ... | June | |
| Kevin Carroll | ... | Jerry Tibbs | |
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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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5 May 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$143,131, 16 April 2006Gross USA:
$1,415,082Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,778,006Company Credits
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John Willie: Not to me it's not, but what does God think?
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Written by Dave Barbour (as David M. Barbour) and Peggy Lee
Performed by Peggy Lee
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Bettie Page was close friends with Playboy commander in chief Hugh Hefner who was a huge fan of hers. She appeared in the January, 1955 issue of his magazine. See more »Goofs
When Bettie first arrives in Florida and visits Bunnie's home, there is a 1959 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible in the driveway, although the scene is set as pre-1955. See more »Quotes
Bettie Page: God gave me the talent to pose for pictures and it seems to make people happy. That can't be a bad thing, can it?John Willie: Not to me it's not, but what does God think?
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It's a Good DayWritten by Dave Barbour (as David M. Barbour) and Peggy Lee
Performed by Peggy Lee
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Bettie Page was a icon of the repressed 1950s, when she represented the sexual freedom that was still a decade away, but high in the hopes and dreams of many teenagers and young adults. Gretchen Mol does a superb job of portraying the scandalous Bettie, who was a small town girl with acting ambitions and a great body. Her acting career went nowhere, but her body brought her to the peak of fame in an admittedly fringe field. Photogrsphed in black and white with color interludes when she gets out of the world of exploitation in New York, this made-for-TV (HBO) film has good production values and a very believable supporting cast. The problem is, it's emotionally rather flat. It's difficult to form an attachment to the character, since Bettie is portrayed as someone quite shallow and naive given the business she was in. The self-serving government investigations are given a lot of screen time, which slows down the film towards the end. But it's definitely worth watching for the history of the time, and to see the heavy-handed government repression that was a characteristic of the fifties. 7/10