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  1. facts.net › movie › 32-facts-about-the-movie-pretty-baby32 Facts About The Movie Pretty Baby

    Dec 18, 2023 · Pretty Baby is a captivating movie that has captivated audiences since its release. Released in 1978, it tells the story of Violet, a young girl growing up in a New Orleans brothel during the early 1900s. Directed by Louis Malle and starring Brooke Shields in her breakthrough role, the film delves into the controversial themes of child ...

  2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › pretty-bPretty Baby movie review & film summary (1978) - Roger Ebert

    One of the film’s most heartbreaking scenes has Violet sitting under a tree, playing with her doll. She is pretending that the doll is herself and that she is her mother. There’s such a curious mixture of resentment and envy in her game that we cringe. “Pretty Baby” has been attacked in some quarters as child porn. It’s not.

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  4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0078111Pretty Baby (1978) - IMDb

    Pretty Baby: Directed by Louis Malle. With Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye. A preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pretty_Baby_(1978_film)Pretty Baby (1978 film) - Wikipedia

    Pretty Baby. (1978 film) Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon. Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, by her prostitute mother.

  6. www.distractify.com › p › pretty-baby-1978-movieInside the Wild Movie Controversy of 1978's 'Pretty Baby'

    Apr 4, 2023 · Inside the Controversy of 1978's 'Pretty Baby'. Published April 4 2023, 1:42 p.m. ET. Brooke Shields and Susan Sarandon in 'Pretty Baby'. Movies as old as 1932's Freaks and as new as 2022's Blonde have been deemed "controversial." The gargantuan list goes on: 1971's A Clockwork Orange, 1975's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, 1980's Cannibal ...

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  7. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 201840 Years Later, Brooke Shields Has No Regrets About Her ...

    Apr 6, 2018 · Blast from the Past. 40 Years Later, Brooke Shields Has No Regrets About Her Scandalous Star-Making Role. Shields was just 11 years old when she filmed Pretty Baby, a controversial drama about a ...

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  9. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › pretty_babyPretty Baby - Rotten Tomatoes

    Pretty Baby. R Released Apr 5, 1978 1h 49m Drama CTA List. 71% Tomatometer 28 Reviews 58% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings. Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named ...

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