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The Notorious Bettie Page
Starring: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Jonathan M. Woodward, David Strathairn, Cara Seymour, Tara Subkoff, Kevin Carroll
Directed by: Mary Harron
Screenplay by: Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner
Release Date: April 14th, 2006
MPAA Rating: R for nudity, sexual content and some language.
Studio: Picturehouse
Domestic: $1,415,082 (79.6%)
Foreign: $362,924 (20.4%)
Total: $1,778,006 (Worldwide)
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![]() Tagline: The pin up sensation that shocked the nation.
Bettie Page was the ultimate girl-next door, and one of the most popular Playboy centerfolds. Page challenged the conservative 1950s, posing as a fierce dominatrix and earning both a cult underground following and Senate Committee investigation on juvenile delinquency, essentially a witch-hunt orchestrated by a senator from her home state of Tennessee bent on exploiting her as a stepping stone to the White House. At the height of her popularity, Bettie disappeared. But in 1979 and 1982, Page (a diagnosed schizophrenic) tried to stab several people to death and was institutionalized.
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