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Director:
Peter Werner
Writer (WGA):
J.B. White (written by)
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Release Date:
8 December 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
User Comments:
Snappy biopic is fun but holds no revelation more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Randall Batinkoff ... Hugh Hefner

Natasha Gregson Wagner ... Bobbie Arnstein
Rebecca Herbst ... Barbi Benton
Sarah Trigger ... Millie

Jim Metzler ... Prosecutor

Rebecca Romijn ... Kimberly Hefner (as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos)

Mark Harelik ... Mike Wallace

Basil Hoffman ... Lawyer
Bill Bolender ... Glenn Hefner

Gail Cronauer ... Grace Hefner

Brett Rickaby ... Dick Rosensweig
Herb Mitchell ... Clifford Schabile
Joe Chrest ... Ed Gunn

Pat Healy ... Eldon Sellers

Andy Berman ... Bob Gutwillig
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hugh Hefner: The True Story (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
97 min | Germany:87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Studios USA more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Snappy biopic is fun but holds no revelation, 15 November 2000
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Author: denny-16 (denjt@hotmail.com) from Newcastle Upon Tyne, England



Odd that this film has 'Unauthorised' in it's title as there is nothing here that could rile the Playboy organisation. The rise of Hefner seems accurately portrayed , and the man himself is shown as eccentric at times but always driven by his vision of fulfilling his philosophy. Batibkoff is effective in the lead. Picture has nudity but not a lot, despite abundant opportunities from the attrative females in the cast. Kelly Cornwell is an eyeful as the secretary who became an early pin-up favorite under the nom-de-nude Janet Pilgrim. Strangest idea is that the story is narrated by Wagner as Bobbie Arnstein, a Hefner friend and associate who died , a suicide, in 1975, at the end of a drugs scandal that threatened the Playboy Empire. Even though she dies it doesn't prevent her from carrying on the story. Plot goes up to Hefner's happy marriage to Kimberley Conrad, which, sadly, did not last. So, if you are a Hefner fan, you probably already know the details, but it is a breezy tale of a remarkable man, and is colorfully told.

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