It is necessary to address the elephant in the room: Pretty Baby is a difficult film. Searching for an "uncropped" version raises questions. Are collectors simply purists, or is there a prurient interest?
The represents a pre-restoration-era artifact. It is ugly by modern standards: likely interlaced (combing artifacts), moderate compression, and German subtitles burned in. But it contains visual information that has been erased from every official release.
The movie is set in New Orleans during the 1910s and revolves around the life of Alistair LeRoi (played by Keith Carradine), a brothel owner, and his relationship with Violet (played by Susan Sarandon), one of the brothel's prostitutes. The story takes a significant turn with the introduction of Alistair's nephew, Billy (played by a then 12-year-old Brooke Shields), who comes to live with his uncle.
It is necessary to address the elephant in the room: Pretty Baby is a difficult film. Searching for an "uncropped" version raises questions. Are collectors simply purists, or is there a prurient interest?
The represents a pre-restoration-era artifact. It is ugly by modern standards: likely interlaced (combing artifacts), moderate compression, and German subtitles burned in. But it contains visual information that has been erased from every official release.
The movie is set in New Orleans during the 1910s and revolves around the life of Alistair LeRoi (played by Keith Carradine), a brothel owner, and his relationship with Violet (played by Susan Sarandon), one of the brothel's prostitutes. The story takes a significant turn with the introduction of Alistair's nephew, Billy (played by a then 12-year-old Brooke Shields), who comes to live with his uncle.
