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Pretty Baby
1978
Director Louis Malle tackled a social taboo and made 12-year-old Brooke Shields a star with this controversial examination of child prostitution in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. Violet (Shields) is the daughter of a prostitute (Susan Sarandon) who works at one of the brothels in New Orleans' legendary red-light district, .. Read more
| Starring | Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields |
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| Director | Louis Malle |
| Genres | Drama |
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Pretty Baby
Director Louis Malle tackled a social taboo and made 12-year-old Brooke Shields a star with this controversial examination of child prostitution in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. Violet (Shields) is the daughter of a prostitute (Susan Sarandon) who works at one of the brothels in New Orleans' legendary red-light district, Storyville. One day, photographer Ernest Bellocq (Keith Carradine) arrives at the brothel to take photos of the prostitutes and becomes fascinated with Violet, who is fast approaching her 12th birthday and a subsequent initiation into prostitution. When her mother moves to St. Louis in search of marriage and respectability, Violet determines to marry the much older Bellocq. Malle infuses the potentially lurid subject matter with a lyrical beauty that brings humanity to his characters and story, with the assistance of a sensitive script by Polly Platt and superb cinematography by Sven Nykvist.
| Starring | Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields |
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| Director | Louis Malle |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1978 To Rent: DVD: 19 Feb 2007 |
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Despite the scandalised yelps about child pornography, a film of disarmingly subversive innocence, set in a New Orleans... read more on Time Out
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The very quality of the much of the acting, the effective period sets and the use of the camera make this 'difficult film' particularly complex. Set in ... read more »
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It was ok
I loved the front cover and thought it would be a visually interesting, quirky film. The scene of Brooke holding the doll is actually quite short and nothing as... read more »
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Pretty Baby - very pretty
At first view, this movie didn't come across as anything other than a pedo exercise in watching a very young Brooke Shields. But then, it does grow on you ... read more »
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Absolute Stinker
It is hard to work why some talented actors got involved in such a sordid nasty little film. I am just glad I did not buy as that really would have been a waste... read more »
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Sarandon to receive career tribute in New York
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Oscar winner Susan Sarandon is set to be saluted by New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music with a four-day film tribute featuring 13 of her most iconic movies. The Susan Sarandon Picture Show will kick off on 10 February (11) and include screenings of Dead Man Walking, Thelma and Louise, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pretty Baby. The actress herself is expected to make an appearance for a special question and answer session, while former colleagues such as directors Paul Schrader and John... Read more
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Pretty Baby
Director Louis Malle tackled a social taboo and made 12-year-old Brooke Shields a star with this controversial examination of child prostitution in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. Violet (Shields) is the daughter of a prostitute (Susan Sarandon) who works at one of the brothels in New Orleans' ...
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