Not a Pretty Picture
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| Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
| Written by | Martha Coolidge |
| Produced by | Martha Coolidge |
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| Music by | Tom Griffith |
Production company | Coolidge Productions |
| Distributed by | Films Inc. |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Not a Pretty Picture is a 1976 American docudrama film. The film was written, produced and directed by Martha Coolidge, marking her narrative feature film directorial debut, after years of working as a documentary filmmaker in the early to mid-1970s.
The film is a retelling about Coolidge, who was date raped when she was sixteen years old.[1][2] The film follows the aftermath of the incident on the main character.[3][4] In 2022, The Academy Film Archive in partnership with Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation restored 'Not a Pretty Picture', with funds generously provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. The Restoration premiered on December 8, 2022, at the Academy Museum in Hollywood. In 2023 Not a Pretty Picture screened at Berlinale, selected by Céline Sciamma.[5]
Cast[edit]
- Michele Manenti as Martha at 16
- Jim Carrington as Curly
- Anne Mundstuk as herself
- Reed Birney as Fred
- John Fedinatz as West Virginia
- Diana Gold as Jane
- Stephen Laurier as Brian
- Lillah McCarthy as Nancy
- Janet Morrison as Bunny
- Melissa Murdock as Leah
- Hal Studer as Mr. Cullen
- Amy Wright as Cindy
References[edit]
- ^ Martha Coolidge profile , SheMadeIt.org Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Not a Pretty Picture (1976), TCM
- ^ "Not a Pretty Picture (1976)" – via letterboxd.com.
- ^ "Four Decades On, Martha Coolidge's "Not a Pretty Picture" Is Still Paving the Way". The Village Voice. June 7, 2018.
- ^ "2023 Retrospective "Young at Heart – Coming of Age at the Movies"". Berlinale.
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