Notorious Bettie Page (The)
- Director: Mary Harron
- Writer: Mary Harron; Guinevere Turner
- Producer: Lori Keith Douglas; Mary Harron
CGiii Comment
Harron does a good job with this...
It looks mighty fine and the performances are solid - and likeable.
Contemporary American history is a rich basket of interest - perhaps, the religious right-wing is just as strong as it ever was? A possible reason has to why this slipped and disappeared under the radar?!?
Definitely worth a look.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page;
Chris Bauer as Irving Klaw;
Jared Harris as John Willie;
Sarah Paulson as Bunny Yeager;
Cara Seymour as Maxie;
David Strathairn as Estes Kefauver;
Lili Taylor as Paula Klaw;
John Cullum as Preacher in Nashville;
Matt McGrath as Nervous Man;
Austin Pendleton as Teacher;
Norman Reedus as Billy Neal;
Dallas Roberts as Scotty;
Victor Slezak as Minister in Miami;
Tara Subkoff as June;
Kevin Carroll as Jerry Tibbs