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Gretchen Mol is Bettie Page, 7 February 2006
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johno-21 from United States
I saw this movie at the 2006 Palm Springs International Film Festival
and it is a movie and not a film since it apparently was shot by HBO to
be shown on their cable network sometime this year. This movie presents
Page as a bondage and discipline fetish pinup and B&D stag film actress
who had enough talent to become a real actress. Page was a little more
than that and the film touches on some of her other roles in modeling
but not enough to balance out the career of the 50's pinup icon. This
film is supposedly based on the book "The Real Bettie Page" by Richard
Foster. It's shot in black and white for that 1950's nostalgia feel. I
have the book called "Bettie Page The Life of a Pinup Legend" that has
a lot of great photos chronicling the career of Page and I must say
that this movie reproduces on film, with Gretchen Mol as Page, many of
those famous photo's very accurately. Mol herself with the Bettie Page
black wig and brown contact lenses is Bettie Page. Not only does she
have the Bettie Page look but she has the smile and characteristics of
her personality that came through the camera down perfect. And her body
is as close to a replica of Page's as possible. Terrific casting. The
story is kind of thin and tabloidesque and certainly could have been a
lot better. But this is a pretty good TV movie. I would rate it a 7.0
of a scale of 10 and recommend it's viewing when it comes on TV.
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