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Director
  
Brigitte Berman

Writer
  
Brigitte Berman

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary, Biography

Music director
  
James Mark Stewart

Country
  
Canada

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Release date
  
12 September 2009 (2009-09-12) (Toronto International Film Festival) 6 August 2010 (2010-08-06) (Canada)

Producers
  
Brigitte Berman, Peter Raymont, Victor Solnicki

Cast
  
Joan Baez
(Herself),
Pat Boone
(Himself),
Tony Curtis
(Himself),
Tony Bennett
(Himself),
George Lucas
(Himself),
Jesse Jackson
(Himself)

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Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel is a 2009 documentary film directed by Brigitte Berman about Hugh Hefner, creator of Playboy magazine. Berman previously directed the Academy Award-winning documentary Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got.

Contents

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Selected cast

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The documentary includes clips and interviews with:

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  • Hugh Hefner
  • Josh White
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Sammy Davis Jr
  • Joan Baez
  • Jim Brown
  • Dick Cavett
  • Pat Boone
  • Susan Brownmiller
  • Gene Simmons
  • Jenny McCarthy
  • Mike Wallace
  • Dick Gregory
  • Tony Curtis
  • Shannon Tweed
  • Jesse Jackson
  • Tony Bennett
  • James Caan
  • David Steinberg
  • George Lucas
  • Ruth Westheimer
  • Bill Maher
  • Pete Seeger
  • Production

    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Hugh Hefner Playboy Activist and Rebel Wikipedia

    It was also produced by Berman, along with Peter Raymont and Victor Solnicki. Neither Hefner nor his company had any formal role in the making of the documentary though he gave the filmmakers considerable access. The documentary filmed from 10 January 2008 to 31 August 2008 in Ontario.

    Release and reception

    The film opened on 30 July 2010 in Los Angeles. in only four theaters for three days grossing $10,000—$2,500 per theater.

    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Hugh Hefner Playboy Activist and Rebel 2009 IMDb

    The film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 59% of 54 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.4 out of 10. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 55 based on 16 reviews.


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    References

    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Wikipedia
    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel IMDb Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel themoviedb.org