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The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

R09/14/2005Comedy, Drama1h 31m
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The Pin-Up Sensation That Shocked The Nation.

Overview

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gretchen Mol

    Bettie Page

  2. Cast 1

    Chris Bauer

    Irving Klaw

  3. Cast 1

    Jared Harris

    John Willie

  4. Cast 1

    Sarah Paulson

    Bunny Yeager

  5. Cast 1

    Cara Seymour

    Maxie

  6. Cast 1

    David Strathairn

    Estes Kefauver

  7. Cast 1

    Lili Taylor

    Paula Klaw

  8. Cast 1

    John Cullum

    Preacher in Nashville

  9. Cast 1

    Matt McGrath

    Nervous Man

Harron's biography, specializing on Page's early life, start in pin-ups and notoriety due to being the target for a Senate hearing on indecency and her subsequent born-again Christianity, is very enjoyable, and Gretchen Mol is great at portraying the inner sexiness, naivety and Southern charm that made the Nashville-born Page take the world by storm. Though it made the biopic more graceful by concentrating on the earlier times, it would have been more complete had it also included her later, troubled times, punctuated with brushes with the law and institutionalization for schizophrenia, as wel...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$90.00

Revenue $1,410,778.00

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