The Notorious Bettie Page (The Last Days of Bettie Page)

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Directed by

Mary Harron

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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

Written by

Mary Harron
(written by)

Guinevere Turner
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something missing

16 years, 4 months ago at Dec 15 19:44

doudouce55

1 vote

The movie shows the ups and downs of Bettie Page’s life.

The actors are good by my standards.

The script is much too predictable to my liking.

This is still worthy of note if you’re into movies covering the 1950s era. I just felt something was missing to really be an attention-grabbing film.

Drab Bettie

16 years, 10 months ago at Jun 18 18:38

Rollo Tomasi

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Although Gretchen Mol puts in a pretty decent and believable performance in the title role, the film itself is a drab and unsatisfying portrait of a life that could definitely not be accused of being either.

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10 years, 5 months ago at Nov 29 0:34

fernando

1 vote

I saw it because I just wanted to know something about Bettie Page. I was unsatisfied because the story is distracted with the vintage look, the debate around pornography, and losts Bettie's character

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The story of Bettie Page, uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation (based on her bondage photos).

Release date: 5 May 2006

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"First viewing - Aug. 5th I've known who Bettie Page is for many years now, but never took the time to find out much about her beyond the images she's most known for. This is very much a standard biopic in construction, but it's helped greatly by the writers & director having respect for the subject as well as being female. A male-guided film could likely have gone the wrong way, and thankfully that didn't happen. Gretchen Mol does a superb job of capturing the essence of Ms. Page and bringing h"

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