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The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
Page was the ultimate girl-next door, and one of the most popular Playboy centerfolds. Page challenged the conservative 1950s, posing as a fierce dominatrix and earning both a cult underground following and Senate Committee investigation on juvenile delinquency, essentially a witch-hunt orchestrated by a senator from her home state of Tennessee bent on exploiting her as a stepping stone to the White House. At the height of her popularity, Bettie disappeared. But in 1979 and 1982, Page (a diagnosed schizophrenic) tried to stab several people to death and was institutionalized. (read more)
| Release Date: | April 14th, 2006 |
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| The Notorious Bettie Page Movie Review by Meghan (7/9/2007) |
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Bettie Page was a pinup girl of the 1950's. Of course in that era it was considered hard core porn. But in reality she just posed nude, and it was all tastefully done compared to the porn these days. Even the dominatrix stuff wasn't to bad. But then again I come from an era were people watch other people having sex and it...
(complete The Notorious Bettie Page review by Meghan)
| The Notorious Bettie Page Movie Review by Movie Addict (6/1/2007) |
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I have only seen Gretchen Mol in two other films (Girl 6, Donnie Brasco), and don't really remember her, but she did a great job as a naive girl who posed for pictures because it made people happy.
She really didn't think what she was doing was wrong, even when she left the business and found her religion again.
The...
(complete The Notorious Bettie Page review by Movie Addict)
This film follows the story of Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol), the Bible-thumping, sexually-abused Tennessee gal who came to New York and made a big splash as the most famous pin-up of all time in the 1950s and then disappeared into obscurity.
Director Mary Harron certainly knows how to cover the darker side of society,...
(complete The Notorious Bettie Page review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| The Notorious Bettie Page Movie Review by Scott (4/24/2006) |
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An interesting biopic about the pin up girl Bettie Page and shows how far we have come in terms of sexuality in America.
"The Notorious Bettie Page" is about a woman who always wanted to be an actress but instead became one of the most famous pin up girls in the history of America. Bettie Page played by Gretchen Mol was...
(complete The Notorious Bettie Page review by Scott)
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