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Best Feature Film | 2006 | Mary
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2006 | Gretchen
Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality | 2006
Most Original | 2006
Budget 90 USD
Box Office Collection 1,410,778 USD
A good friend of Bettie's, Hugh Hefner held a private screening of this movie for Bettie Page and a small group of friends. Bettie reportedly liked the movie and remarked that Gretchen Mol was much prettier than she was. Her only complaint was the film's title, saying "I was NEVER notorious!"
The characters of real-life bondage photographers Irving Klaw and Paula Klaw were actually brother and sister, not a married couple as many critics erroneously reported in reviews.
Martin Scorsese and Liv Tyler had been developing a competing project, but then Scorsese was given the green-light for The Aviator (2004), and he backed out. Liv Tyler also subsequently left.
Demi Moore was said to be very keen on playing Bettie Page but lost the role to Liv Tyler, who eventually backed out during the prolonged development stage before Gretchen Mol was finally cast. Before Mol's casting, Ione Skye and Sherilyn Fenn were considered for the role. By the time production was greenlit, Fenn was unavailable for the role and Skye was pregnant.
Bettie Page's photos were the inspiration for the leading lady of the Rocketeer comics, basis for the film The Rocketeer (1991).
"Bettie Page: I'm not ashamed. Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden of Eden, weren't they? When they sinned, they put on clothes."
"[Bettie reacts angrily when John sings a ribald song during a bondage photo shoot] John Willie: What's the matter, Bettie? [John pulls the gag from Bettie's mouth] Bettie Page: It's your language, Mr. Willie. John Willie: Oh, it's just an old army ditty to help keep our spirits up while fighting the beastly Hun. Do you approve? Bettie Page: I believe in Jesus."
