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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

  • 2017
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
4.5K
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Hedy Lamarr in Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
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The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

  • Director
    • Alexandra Dean
  • Writer
    • Alexandra Dean
  • Stars
    • Hedy Lamarr
    • Mel Brooks
    • Jennifer Hom
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    4.5K
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    • Director
      • Alexandra Dean
    • Writer
      • Alexandra Dean
    • Stars
      • Hedy Lamarr
      • Mel Brooks
      • Jennifer Hom
    • 55User reviews
    • 79Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 5 nominations

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    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - official US trailer
    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - official US trailer
    Trailer 1:19
    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - official US trailer

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    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Mel Brooks
    Mel Brooks
    • Self
    Jennifer Hom
    • Self
    Anthony Loder
    • Self
    Wendy Colton
    • Self
    Fleming Meeks
    • Self
    Richard Rhodes
    • Self
    Jan-Christopher Horak
    Jan-Christopher Horak
    • Self
    Jeanine Basinger
    Jeanine Basinger
    • Self
    Peter Bogdanovich
    Peter Bogdanovich
    • Self
    Anne Helen Petersen
    • Self
    Diane Kruger
    Diane Kruger
    • Self
    Stephen Michael Shearer
    Stephen Michael Shearer
    • Self
    Robert Osborne
    Robert Osborne
    • Self
    Denise Loder-DeLuca
    • Self
    Roy Windham
    • Self
    Manya Hartmayer Breuer
    • Self
    • (as Manya Breuer)
    Guy Livingston
    • Self
    • (as Guy P. Livingston)
    • Director
      • Alexandra Dean
    • Writer
      • Alexandra Dean
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Diane Kruger appears as an interviewee in this documentary. Although it is not mentioned during the film, Kruger was at the time preparing to produce a TV miniseries biopic on the life of Hedy Lamarr, with Kruger herself starring as Lamarr. The biopic was to be an adaptation of the 2012 biography Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, The Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes. All three projects (the Rhodes book, the documentary "Bombshell," and the development of the screenplay for Kruger's miniseries) were awarded grants by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic organization that normally supports science and technology experiments and endeavors.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Hedy Lamarr - Self: [voice over] I'll read you something pretty. "People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered - love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, alternative motives - do good anyway. The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds - think big anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight - build anyway. Give the world the best you have and you'll be kicked into the teeth - give the world the best you've got anyway."

    • Connections
      Features Ballet mécanique (1924)
    • Soundtracks
      Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)
      Performed by Aretha Franklin
      Written by Aretha Franklin and Ted White

    User reviews55

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    9/10

    The incredible brilliant other side of Hedy Lamarr

    Many film lovers ONLY know Hedy Lamarr the actress whose face lite up the silver screen. Few knew of her contribution to our digital/wireless/blue-tooth enabled world through her inventive mind. Bombshell is that very story wrapped around her cinematic career. The director delivers a wonderful documentary of the great Hedy Lamarr.
    • cyclewag
    • Apr 8, 2018
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    • Release date
      • March 8, 2018 (Ireland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Webpage
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Bella e inteligente: La historia de Hedy Lamarr
    • Filming locations
      • Vienna, Austria(archive footage)
    • Production company
      • Reframed Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $820,300
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,000
      • Dec 3, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,092,941
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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