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Pretty Baby DVD

R (Restricted) :: Paramount :: Released: 2003-11-18

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Pretty Baby Summary 1917, The Last Months Of Legal Prostitution In Storyville - New Orleans' Red-light District. Hattie, A Prostitute At The Elegant Home Of Madame Nell, And Her 12-year-old Daughter Violet Are The Only Ones Awake With Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq Comes By With His Camera. He Takes Pictures Of Hattie And He Fascinates Violet. Over The Next Few Months, Nell Arranges For The Auction Of Violet's Virginity, Hattie Marries And Goes To St. Louis Leaving Violet Behind, And Violet Determines To Marry Bellocq. Is This Idyllic Or Is She Just A Girl Wearing Rouge, Soon To Return To Childhood?

A semi-scandal upon its release in 1978, this Louis Malle film is set in a turn-of-the-century, New Orleans bordello and focuses on a girl named Violet (then-child actress Brooke Shields) whose imminent twelfth birthday signals her "readiness" to become a career prostitute. Typical of Malle, the outwardly forbidden nature of the story and relationships within are morally obscured by the immediate experiences and unqualified urges of the characters. The little heroine brings a distinctly youthful and innocent view to the milieu, and the introduction of a photographer (Keith Carradine)--who eventually marries Violet--in the brothel carries the suggestion that there is art and beauty to be explored there. Susan Sarandon is beguiling as Violet's mother, who seems to unfold in the cameraman's presence. The film moves a little stiffly, a little slowly, possibly from a heavy emphasis on period art direction and Sven Nykvist's moody if gorgeous photography. --Tom Keogh

Pretty Baby DVD Techincal Details Cast: Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas
Director: Louis Malle
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 110 mins
UPC: 097360894042
Binding: DVD
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2003-11-18
Region Code: 1
Specs: Closed-captioned, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Original Language),