Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

2017

1h 30m

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Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr fled an oppressive marriage to create a name for herself as one of Hollywood's top leading ladies in the 1940s. Behind the glamour and sex appeal, though, was a talented and inquisitive inventor who created a radio system that is now considered the basis of Bluetooth technology.

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Critics Consensus

Inspiring and tragic, Bombshell is a bittersweet celebration and reclamation of Hedy Lemarr's journey from Hollywood legend to technology genius.

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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

08/01/2024

Lamarr was fascinating, brilliant, and, until recently, underappreciated. Bombshell, through a wealth of archival footage and crisp storytelling, gives her genius its due.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

03/25/2020

Not your usual silver-screen documentary.

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

02/22/2019

A fascinating documentary about Hedy Lamarr, an extraordinary woman who was so much more than the moviegoing public ever imagined.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Oct 11

It’s a rich portrait of a woman who was a head of her times, but also fell into the traps set for so many women in the midcentury.

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Michael Clark

Epoch Times

07/29/2024

5/5

If you came up with an idea for a fictional movie about a sex symbol movie star turned real-world inventor, every studio hack would laugh you out of their office. She changed the course of human history and never received her proper due in her lifetime.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

09/08/2023

... covers all aspects of her life: actress, inventor, doting mother, independent producer, and toward the end her life a recluse addicted to drugs and plastic surgery who cut herself off from even her children.

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Lorenzo B

@RT12410080 09/10/2023

Who knew? I do, now.

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david f

@dfulmer 01/02/2022

A great documentary about the life of a movie star from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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tom m

@RT96790832 10/06/2021

I was intrigued by this story. Very interesting.

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03/08/2021

This is very good depiction of the life af the brilliant Hedy Lamarr who couldn't come to her full potential living in a male dominated society. She could have been a scientist but because of her extreme good looks ended up as a movie star. She deserved better

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05/04/2020

Such a fascinating life! It wasn't a boring documentary; it was filmed in a way to remain interesting throughout.

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04/04/2020

I felt as though this would do much better without the reach of 90 mins. A lot of It was dulled out or repeated. Im an hour in but its felt like three.

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Synopsis

Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr fled an oppressive marriage to create a name for herself as one of Hollywood's top leading ladies in the 1940s. Behind the glamour and sex appeal, though, was a talented and inquisitive inventor who created a radio system that is now considered the basis of Bluetooth technology.

Director: Alexandra Dean
Producer: Adam Haggiag, Katherine Drew, Alexandra Dean
Screenwriter: Alexandra Dean
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber
Production Co: Submarine Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 24, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $819.7K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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