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1h 50min
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5 April 1978 (USA)
A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.
Writers:
Polly Platt (story), Polly Platt (screenplay) |
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Certificate: 12+
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Leo McKern
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In 1917, in the red-light district of New Orleans, they called her "Pretty Baby"
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Trivia
Jennifer Jason Leigh did an audition for the role of Violet. See more »
Goofs
In one scene, Violet holds a plastic doll as opposed to a composite one. Plastic dolls weren't available until the late 1940s. See more »
Quotes
Violet :
Madame Nell says there's something wrong with you, that you're a cream puff or something. She says you're pathetic, missing all the fun in life.
Bellocq :
Perhaps Madame Nell is imagining she knows more than she does. Do you think she's having fun?
Violet :
She's as happy as anybody. Are the afraid you'll get the little casino? The clap?
Bellocq :
No.
Violet :
Well, why, then?
Bellocq :
Do I ask you questions? I don't have to explain myself to a child.
Violet :
I am not a child!
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Crazy Credits
The closing credits include a card that states, "With our gratitude for the priceless music of FERDINAND "JELLY ROLL" MORTON." See more »
Alternate Versions
Against his own wishes UK censor James Ferman was forced to make minor edits to the original cinema version under the 1978 Protection of Children Act, and pubic hair was optically airbrushed onto a scene where Brooke Shields is sitting with her legs slightly spread so that 'the actual cleft was not visible'. A further cut was also made to remove a very brief shot of her standing up in a bath. The edits were fully waived for the 1987 video release. See more »
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Edited into Chop Suey (2001)
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Music by Scott Joplin and Arthur Marshall
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Release Date: 5 April 1978 (USA)
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Also Known As: Niña bonita
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Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $5,786,368
Production Co:
Paramount Pictures
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Title:
Прелестное дитя
(1978)
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In 1917, in the red light district Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq has an attraction to Hallie and Violet and he is an habitué of the whorehouse. One day, Madame Nell auctions Violet's virginity and the winner pays the fortune of US$ 400 to spend the night with the girl. Then Hattie marries a wealthy client and moves to Saint Louis, leaving Violet in the brothel alone. Violet decides to marry Bellocq and she moves to his house. Until the day that Hattie, who has overcome her past, comes to Bellocq's house with the intention to take Violet with her.
Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A beautifully filmed movie which tells a difficult story with a subtlety and power that leaves you thinking about it during odd moments for days. It's that much more disconcerting because all the while you're keenly aware that this isn't based on "a true story" but on millions of true stories throughout history, including today, and in every part of the globe. Due to my age I'd never seen 'Pretty Baby' in the theater or, for some reason, read much about it. I was aware of the basic plot but didn't know I'd be seeing quite so much of a naked 12 year-old Brooke Shields. A couple of moments were honestly difficult for me to watch, but I've come to the conclusion that the nudity is absolutely essential to the telling of the story. You *have* to be forced to see exactly what those men were paying for. The brilliance of director Loius Malle's film is that he constantly subverts the audience's desire to be aghast at what we see. The camera finds happy little moments throughout the movie, your mind is left to fill in the ugly realities. This trend continues to the end, which is like a cruel mirror image of the typical happily ever after Hollywood ending.
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April 5, 1978 ( 1978-04-05 ) (USA) May 24, 1978 ( 1978-05-24 ) (France)
Pretty Baby is a 1978 American drama film directed by Louis Malle, starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine and Susan Sarandon.
The screenplay was based on Al Rose's book "Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District."
The film attracted controversy due to its theme of child prostitution and a nude scene featuring Brooke Shields (who was only 12 years old at the time).
In 1917 (during the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana), Hattie is a prostitute working at an elegant brothel run by the elderly, cocaine-sniffing Madame Nell.
Hattie has given birth to a baby boy and has a 12-year-old daughter, Violet, who lives in the house. When photographer Ernest J. Bellocq comes with his camera, Hattie and Violet are the only people awake. He asks to be allowed to take photographs of the women. Madame Nell agrees only after he offers to pay.
Bellocq becomes a fixture in the brothel, photographing the prostitutes, mostly Hattie. His activities fascinate Violet, though she believes he is falling in love with her mother, which makes her jealous. Violet is a restless child, frustrated by the long, precise process that Bellocq must go through to pose and take pictures.
Nell decides that Violet is old enough for her virginity to be auctioned off. After a bidding war among regulars, Violet is bought by an apparently quiet customer. This first sexual experience is unpleasant.
Meanwhile, Hattie aspires to escape prostitution. She marries a customer and leaves for St. Louis without her daughter, whom her husband believes to be her sister. Hattie promises to return for Violet once she’s settled and has broken the news to the new spouse.
Violet runs away from the brothel after being punished for some hijinks. She appears on Bellocq’s doorstep and asks him if he will sleep with her and take care of her. He initially says no, but then the two become lovers. In some ways, their relationship resembles one between a parent and child with Bellocq standing in for Violet's absent mother.
Bellocq even buys Violet a doll, telling her that "every child should have a doll." He is entranced by Violet’s beauty, youth, and photogenic face. Violet is frustrated by Bellocq’s devotion to his photography, as much as he is frustrated by her lack of maturity and endless tantrums.
Violet eventually returns to Nell’s after quarreling with Bellocq, but social reform groups are forcing the brothels of Storyville to close.
Bellocq arrives to wed Violet, ostensibly to protect her from the larger world, but two weeks after the wedding, Hattie and her husband arrive from St. Louis to collect Violet, claiming that her marriage is illegal without their consent.
Bellocq does not want to let Violet go. Violet asks if he will go with her and her family. Upon hearing that she does in fact want to go with them, he lets her leave without him, realizing that schooling and a more conventional life will benefit her greatly.
"Pretty Baby" was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana and in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
For the role of Violet, various actresses such as Tatum O'Neal, Jodie Foster, Melanie Griffith, Diane Lane, Ally Sheedy, Linda Blair, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Debra Winger either auditioned, were considered or were offered the part in the film. The part ended up going to Brooke Shields.
For the role of Bellocq, actors such as Robert Redford, John Travolta, Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Joe Pesci and Rob Reiner were considered or offered the part. The part ended up going to Keith Carradine.
For Brooke Shields' nude scenes, Susan Sarandon gave her a g-string so she wouldn't have to be totally nude.
"Pretty Baby" received an "R" rating in the United States, an "X" rating in the United Kingdom and an "R18+" rating in Australia due to the nudity and sexual content in the film.
Due to the controversy of Brooke Shields' nude scenes, the film was banned in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario.
In the United Kingdom, the BBFC censored two scenes from the film to remove nudity.
In the United States, "Pretty Baby" earned $5.8 million.
"Pretty Baby" mostly positive reviews from critics.
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 79% of 14 critics had given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.9 out of 10.
The issues of prostitution and child pornography were not far from critics' thoughts.
In Vincent Canby's review for the New York Times, he wrote:
" Mr. Malle, the French director ... has made some controversial films in his time but none, I suspect, that is likely to upset convention quite as much as this one – and mostly for the wrong reasons. Though the setting is a whorehouse, and the lens through which we see everything is Violet, who ... herself becomes one of Nell's chief attractions, Pretty Baby is neither about child prostitution nor is it pornographic. "
He ended his review with the claim that "Pretty Baby" is " the most imaginative, most intelligent, and most original film of the year to date. "
Similarly, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert discussed how "' Pretty Baby has been attacked in some quarters as child porn. It's not. It's an evocation of a time and a place and a sad chapter of Americana. "
He also praised Brooke Shields' performance in the film, writing that she " really creates a character here; her subtlety and depth are astonishing. "
On the other hand, Variety wrote that " the film is handsome, the players nearly all effective, but the story highlights are confined within a narrow range of ho-hum dramatization. "
Asheville, North Carolina, Mountain Xpress critic Ken Hanke, looking at the film from the perspective of 2003, said of "Pretty Baby": " It was once shocking and dull. Now it's just dull. "
1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1978 National Board of Review Awards
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