Complicated Women (2003) torrent download



Complicated Women (2003)





http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365076/





Directed by 


Hugh Munro Neely    


  


Writing credits


Andie Hicks   writer (as Andi Hicks) 


Hugh Munro Neely   writer 








Cast 


 Jane Fonda ...  Herself - Narrator (voice) 


 Frances Dee ...  Herself 


 Kitty Carlisle ...  Herself (interviewee) (as Kitty Carlisle Hart) 


 Molly Haskell ...  Herself (interviewee) 


 Mick LaSalle ...  Himself (interviewee) 


 Mae Madison ...  Herself (interviewee) 


 Karen Morley ...  Herself (interviewee) 


 Mark Vieira ...  Himself (interviewee) 


 Bo Derek ...  Herself 


 Virginia Madsen ...  Herself 


 Theresa Russell ...  Herself 


 Tallulah Bankhead ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Joan Blondell ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Joseph Breen ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 James Cagney ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Ruth Chatterton ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Claudette Colbert ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Ricardo Cortez ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Joan Crawford ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Bette Davis ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Dolores del Rio ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Marlene Dietrich ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Kay Francis ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Clark Gable ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Greta Garbo ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 John Gilbert ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Jean Harlow ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Will H. Hays ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Katharine Hepburn ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Miriam Hopkins ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Leslie Howard ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Myrna Loy ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Fredric March ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Robert Montgomery ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Chester Morris ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Maureen O'Sullivan ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Gene Raymond ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Ginger Rogers ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Norma Shearer ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Barbara Stanwyck ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Irving Thalberg ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Johnny Weissmuller ...  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Mae West ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 


 Loretta Young ...  Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 





Produced by 


Elaina Archer ....  co-producer (as Elaina B. Archer) 


Tom Brown ....  executive producer: Turner Classic Movies  


Catheryn Clarke ....  associate producer  


John J. Flynn ....  producer (as John Flynn) 


Andie Hicks ....  producer (as Andi Hicks) 


Mick LaSalle ....  associate producer  


Keith Lawrence ....  producer  


Diane MacIntyre ....  associate producer  


Hugh Munro Neely ....  producer  


Melissa Roller ....  supervising producer: Turner Classic Movies  


  


Original Music by 


Nigel Holton    


  


Cinematography by 


Harry Dawson   (director of photography)  


  


Film Editing by 


Andie Hicks   (as Andi Hicks) 


Hugh Munro Neely    


  


Casting by 


Scot Boland    


Victoria Burrows    


Darcy Hettrich    


  


Makeup Department 


Andie Hicks ....  makeup artist (as Andi Hicks) 


Michael Spezzano ....  makeup artist: Theresa Russell, Virginia Madsen, Bo Derek  


  


Production Management 


John Luker ....  production manager (as John C. Luker) 


  


Sound Department 


John Luker ....  sound (as John C. Luker II) 


Daniel Schaefer ....  voiceover recordist  


  


Visual Effects by 


Cory Fischer ....  photo shop and after effects  


Andie Hicks ....  Photoshop and After Effects (as Andi Hicks) 


Michael 'Spike' Lewis ....  photo shop and after effects  


John Luker ....  Photoshop and After Effects supervisor (as John C. Luker II) 


  


Camera and Electrical Department 


Philip Dixson ....  grip: New York City  


Dana Kilgore ....  gaffer  


Yada Levine ....  camera equipment  


Anthony G. Nakonechnyj ....  gaffer (as Tony Nako) 


Jay Smith ....  gaffer: New York City  


Ken Wheeland ....  best boy  


Terry Wimmer ....  gaffer  


  


Other crew 


Catheryn Clarke ....  production assistant  


Catheryn Clarke ....  transcriptor  


Bo Derek ....  additional consultant  


John J. Flynn ....  researcher  


Shea Flynn ....  production assistant  


Amy Glover ....  researcher  


Mick LaSalle ....  consultant  


Keith Lawrence ....  travel coordinator  


Michael 'Spike' Lewis ....  production assistant  


Michael 'Spike' Lewis ....  researcher  


Fabian Lopez ....  production assistant  


Fabian Lopez ....  researcher  


Virginia Madsen ....  additional consultant  


Leslie Miller ....  stage manager: New York City  


Terence Moriarty ....  production assistant  


Terence Moriarty ....  researcher  


Joseph M. Newman ....  additional consultant  


Shirley Newman ....  travel coordinator  


Marvin Paige ....  interview consultant  


Allen Quintos ....  production coordinator (as Allan Quinton) 


Theresa Russell ....  additional consultant  


Vincent Sherman ....  additional consultant  


Joo Young Song ....  production assistant  


Joo Young Song ....  researcher  


John Springer ....  additional consultant  


Thomas Tóth ....  additional consultant  


Mark Vieira ....  photo supplier  


Mark Vieira ....  researcher  


Marc Wanamaker ....  researcher (as Mark Wanamaker) 


Ruth Warrick ....  additional consultant  


Michael Yakaitis ....  researcher (as Michael Peter Yakaitis) 


Joseph M. Yranski ....  photo supplier  


Joseph M. Yranski ....  researcher (as Joe Yranski) 


Beth Zimmerman ....  production coordinator: Turner Classic Movies  


  


Thanks 


Cari Beauchamp ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Greg Bennett ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Steve Bennett ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Robert S. Birchard ....  deep and sincere appreciation (as Bob Birchard) 


Dan Birnie ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Robert Board ....  deep and sincere appreciation (as Bob Board) 


Alan Boyd ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Kevin Brownlow ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


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Robert Cushman ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


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Dennis Doros ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Marlene Eastman ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Amy Freed ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Leatrice Joy Gilbert ....  deep and sincere appreciation (as Leatrice Joy Gilbert Fountain) 


Amy Glover ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Gerald Hatfield ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Amy Heller ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Neill D. Hicks ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Heather Holmes ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


Paul Hornby ....  deep and sincere appreciation  


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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful. 


Exceptionally interesting and a good introduction to those not acquainted with the "Pre-Code" era, 5 December 2006 





Author: p from Bradenton, Florida 





This film is a wonderful introduction to the women of the so-called "Pre-Code" movies--movies that were made through about the middle of 1935. They were called "Pre-Code" in that they were made before the rigid Production Code was enforced and the films abounded with sexuality, violence and topics of questionable taste for the time. This documentary focuses not on this overall topic, but specifically on women of the films and their smoldering sexuality. Because of this it is NOT indicative of the general topic of Pre-Code films but on a narrow aspect of the movies.





The documentary is great because I was shocked how well-preserved some of these old leading ladies were and listening to their stories about the era was extremely fascinating. I also liked all the old clips, though I felt that many times important films were omitted from discussion or clips. For example, while the very tawdry nude swimming scene from TARZAN AND HIS MATE was mentioned and shown several times (a very spicy scene even by today's standards), very little mention was made of equally famous films with similar content, such as THE BARBARIAN and THE SIGN OF THE CROSS--the two bathing scenes in these films are amazing for the early 1930s. Also, the film seemed to indicate that the Pre-Code era was from the beginning of talkies until 1934, whereas there were MANY films in the silent era that featured copious amounts of nudity or sexually liberated females. Both these quibbles, though, are very minor, as only to film nuts like me will even notice or care! 





10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :-


The more things change..., 19 June 2005





Author: b from United States





This is an excellent look at women in the pre-Code films. Narrated by Jane Fonda, it is extremely thought-provoking in this age of wardrobe malfunctions, hue and cry over a sexy Paris Hilton commercial, and Nicole Sheridan dropping a towel during a an ad on Super Bowl Sunday.





I found this documentary comforting in a way - 70+ years later, we're still going through all the same stuff we did back then. The way things are going, we'll be back in 1933 before you know it.





Fonda narrates with a lot of expression as she takes the viewer through pre-code movies showing prostitutes, women sleeping their way to the top, menage at trois, bisexuality, abortion, and unfaithful wives. If you're not familiar with movies done before Breen and Hays, this will be a revelation. 





10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful :-


EXCELLENT AND ACCURATE, 2 March 2004





Author: Ffrom Newark





The people who are saying that this documentary was in any way exaggerated or inaccurate are themselves inaccurate. This film is historically documented and completely true to the spirit of the pre-Code era. And lest anyone think the film pandered to a modern sensibility, keep in mind: It had three ninety year old ladies in it, and was narrated by 66-year-old JANE FONDA, not Courtney Love. The fact is, the pre-Code was an extraordinary period for women's films -- something that becomes more not less evident after one has seen two hundred or three hundred pictures from this period. And it was not extraordinary only for what it showed or dared but for the points the films made -- for those points that were intrinsic to the MESSAGES of the films -- which go way beyond a flimsy gown or anything that could be edited into tameness. If anything this documentary needed more time -- three or four hours -- to do justice to the range of pre-Code women's films. Still working within the constraints, this was a splendid achievement and yet another laurel for Turner Classic Movies. 





5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-


Good Clips, 21 May 2003





Author: b from New York City





Actually, very good clips, and the narrative makes a very good claim to proving its thesis: that the sexy Pre-Code dramas and comedies actually represented a realistic depiction of the 20th century morality until Joseph Breen clamped down, making the Production Code not just voluntary, but mandatory.





There is a good claim in that, but it makes its point by looking at the best of the Pre-Code works and the worst of the movies made under the Code. Nor does it go into the reason that Hollywood made those sexy movies in the first place, and stopped making them later: to sell tickets at the box office. Truth has never been the primary concern of the movie industry; and while these clips demonstrate that Hollywood was interested in selling tickets to men who wanted to look at naked women... well, the underwater swimming sequence from TARZAN AND HIS MATE shows Maureen O'Sullivan's stand-in swimming around in the nude, but Weismuller is wearing a loincloth.





2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-


Mick LaSalle is great, 27 July 2009





Author: M from United States





I thought the Mick LaSalle character was great, he really brought out the Italian American in him. 





The thing that's good about this documentary is it really brings out that the current puritanism in America is a modern phenomenon. Pre-code, nudity was OK and there weren't any self-appointed moral watch dogs complaining about the contents. If you didn't want to watch something spicy, you didn't go see that movie.





Mick LaSalle is an excellent film reviewer who really knows his stuff (is that enough suck up?).





Cheers, Neil. 





2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-


Good Doc, 11 March 2008


Author: MEfrom Louisville, KY





Complicated Women (2003) 





*** 1/2 (out of 4) 





Wonderful look at the women who made Pre-Code films from 1929-34. The film shows clips from the most popular films of the era and shines a spotlight on the women who brought the sexiness to these films. The film doesn't run too long, which is a shame because this era of Hollywood is so interesting but the movie does a good job of introducing this era to those who might not know too much about it. The discussion about the Catholic Church putting an end to this type of film is an interesting one. Jane Fonda narrates. 





2 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-


All the Shock of the Era, 26 May 2006





Author: MK from United States





Complicated Women is the documentary companion to Mick LaSalle's book about women in the pre-code era. The time from the first talkies through to the enforcement of the Production Code is known as the pre-code era, a great time for movie making. Subjects ranging from marital infidelity, prostitution, abortion, nudity, drug use, and other shocking subjects littered films. The public either loved them or hated them, and thanks to groups like the Catholic Legion of Decency, these subjects were censored. However, this documentary praises these films for their modernity and shows clips from films like The Divorcée, Queen Christina, Downstairs, Torch Singer, Mary Stevens MD, The Smiling Lieutenant, Men in White, Female, A Free Soul, Baby Face, Midnight Mary, The Story of Temple Drake, Red Dust, Faithless, Grand Hotel, Gold Diggers of 1933, Ladies They Talk About, I'm No Angel, Tarzan and His Mate, and more.





The only problem with this documentary is that it skips around a lot. There are headers for each section, but they all begin to blend together.





The film incorporates interviews with many great sources like Mick LaSalle, Molly Haskell, Mark Viera, and several actresses of the era. 





Runtime:USA:55 min 








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References


Love (1927/I) 


The Great Divide (1929) 


Illicit (1931) 


Platinum Blonde (1931) 


Big City Blues (1932) 


Three on a Match (1932) 


Broadway Bad (1933) 


Disgraced! (1933) 


Little Women (1933) 


Havana Widows (1933) 


Belle of the Nineties (1934) 





Features


Flesh and the Devil (1926) 


A Woman of Affairs (1928) 


Anna Christie (1930) 


The Divorcee (1930) 


Inspiration (1931) 


Strangers May Kiss (1931) 


A Free Soul (1931) 


Big Business Girl (1931) 


The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) 


Night Nurse (1931) 


Blonde Crazy (1931) 


Safe in Hell (1931) 


Mata Hari (1931) 


Shanghai Express (1932) 


Arsène Lupin (1932) 


Grand Hotel (1932) 


So Big! (1932) 


Red-Headed Woman (1932) 


Downstairs (1932) 


Blonde Venus (1932) 


Faithless (1932) 


Red Dust (1932) 


The Sign of the Cross (1932) 


The Animal Kingdom (1932) 


Frisco Jenny (1932) 


She Done Him Wrong (1933) 


Ladies They Talk About (1933) 


Blondie Johnson (1933) 


Christopher Strong (1933) 


The Story of Temple Drake (1933) 


Ex-Lady (1933) 


Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) 


Hold Your Man (1933) 


Midnight Mary (1933) 


Baby Face (1933) 


Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) 


Dinner at Eight (1933) 


Torch Singer (1933) 


Footlight Parade (1933) 


I'm No Angel (1933) 


Blood Money (1933) 


The House on 56th Street (1933) 


Flying Down to Rio (1933) 


Queen Christina (1933) 


Design for Living (1933) 


Mandalay (1934) 


Fashions of 1934 (1934) 


Wonder Bar (1934) 


Men in White (1934) 


Riptide (1934) 


Tarzan and His Mate (1934) 


Murder at the Vanities (1934) 


Dr. Monica (1934) 


The Flame Within (1935)
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