home how it works subscription plans browse movies sign me up! log in
Gift


DETAILS

MPAA Rating - R

Length:
    90 Minutes

Genre:
    Drama

Original Release Date:
    Sep 26, 2006

 
Movie Summary
Celebrated and vilified in equal measure, the pinup goddess Bettie Page inspired a legion of followers -- and an indecency scandal -- by appearing in a series of nude, sado-masochistic, and/or revealing magazine spreads in the 1950s. An era later, writer/director Mary Harron casts a knowing eye upon the woman who indirectly gave birth to modern pornography in the iopic The Notorious Bettie Page. As a teen, Page (Gretchen Mol) is a smart, plucky girl with ambitions beyond her Tennessee roots. Suffering varying degrees of abuse from her father, her first husband, and suitors of dubious virtue, Page makes her way to New York City, where an amateur photographer discovers her lounging on the beach. It isnt long before images of the shapely brunette reach Irving and Paula Klaw (Chris Bauer and Lili Taylor), brother-and-sister entrepreneurs who publish illicit magazines dedicated primarily to mens fetishes. The casual nudist Page eventually finds herself acquiescing to their requests to don thigh-high boots, whips, and chains, which raise the ire of the smut-fearing senator Estes Kefauver (David Strathairn). The Notorious Bettie Page had its North American premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide


USER REVIEWS

No reviews posted


Want to write a review?

Marked for Death

Deadwood: The Complete Second Season [6 Discs]

Mysteries of Magic: Impossible Made Possble

Frequency

Woman Who Came Back

Gods Must Be Crazy/The Gods Must Be Crazy II