Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 7, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Peace Arch Trinity
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Brigitte Berman | |
Screenwriting by | Brigitte Berman | |
Composition by | James Mark Stewart | |
Director of Photography: | John Westheuser |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
This is not a probing examination of Hef in all his complexity.
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USA Today
This eye-opening documentary reveals the mensch beneath the moolah, the ardent social reformer beneath the paisley-patterned shirts.
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NPR
The Playboy empire unabashedly lined up with liberal causes, bringing messages of racial tolerance, resistance to the military-industrial complex, and anti-Puritanism into bedrooms all over America.
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East Bay Express
Even after 124 minutes of praise he still seems like a sad bastard.
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Chicago Reader
A seamless, eye-opening entertainment about the civil rights activist side of the Playboy publisher.
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indieWire
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Those who consider Hefner a man who made fortunes by exploiting women in his magazine should find no reason to change their minds after watching this fascinating, illuminating document of America during a time of profound change.
Montreal Gazette
The film humanizes Hefner in a way no one has attempted to do before on the big screen.
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CNN.com
Product Description:
For good or ill, there's no arguing that few magazines have had as great an impact on American culture as Playboy, which helped launch several major salvos in the sexual revolution and broke down barriers about what was acceptable to show and say in print. But while the magazine's founder and publisher, Hugh Hefner, has a well-deserved reputation as a free speech advocate and a man who embraces the good life in every way he can, the person behind the carefully cultivated public image remains a mystery to many. Filmmaker Brigitte Berman presents an in-depth portrait of a man who has quietly promoted many causes other than wine, women, and song in the documentary HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL. In addition to chronicling the rise of his publishing empire, the film explores how he's used his success to promote causes he believes in, such as racial equality, reproductive freedom, First Amendment causes, fighting the anti-Communist blacklist, and equality for women. Created with Hefner's participation and featuring interviews with Mike Wallace, Jesse Jackson, George Lucas, Jim Brown, Pete Seeger, Dick Gregory, and James Caan, HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL was an official selection at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
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