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The Legacy of Pretty Baby (1978): From VHS Rips to Modern Documentaries Pretty Baby 1978 Original vhs rip - UNCUT- 1
Before we discuss the tape, we must discuss the text. Pretty Baby stars a 12-year-old Brooke Shields as Violet, a child living in a New Orleans brothel during The Great Depression. The film is a study in contradictions: lush, Oscar-winning cinematography (by Sven Nykvist) against a morally bankrupt backdrop. To ensure a file is a genuine "uncut"
The film is set in 1915 New Orleans and revolves around the life of Al Pereira (Keith Carradine), a photographer who takes pictures of prostitutes in the red-light district known as Storyville. Al becomes involved with a woman named Hattie (Susan Sarandon), who is part of this world. The story takes a turn when Al and Hattie take in a young boy named Rusty (played by Jason Robards and later by Keith Carradine's character as an adult, but in the early scenes as a child, played by then 12-year-old J.D. Chaffin and then Peter McGarrigle also known as Peter Mc Garrigle Jr) and later a 12-year-old girl named Violet (Brooke Shields), who becomes the central character. The Legacy of Pretty Baby (1978): From VHS
The 1978 film , directed by Louis Malle, remains one of the most controversial releases in Hollywood history due to its unflinching depiction of child prostitution and nudity involving then-11-year-old Brooke Shields .
This rip is intended for archival and research purposes. Pretty Baby remains a controversial and historically significant film, and this VHS version preserves it exactly as home audiences first saw it before later edits.
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