Women He's Undressed

Name: Women He's Undressed
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: July 29, 2016
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 76

2016

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Wolfe Releasing | Release Date: July 29, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: A documentary about the life of the Australian costume designer and three time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly.

Orry-Kelly was a Hollywood legend, his costume designs adored by cinema’s greatest leading ladies – but in his home country of Australia his achievements remained unknown. Now acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong is bringing theA documentary about the life of the Australian costume designer and three time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly.

Orry-Kelly was a Hollywood legend, his costume designs adored by cinema’s greatest leading ladies – but in his home country of Australia his achievements remained unknown. Now acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong is bringing the legend home and celebrating the life of this extraordinary Aussie in her new film, Women He’s Undressed.

During the boom years of Hollywood he was costume designer on an astonishing 282 motion pictures. He designed for the stars like Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Rosalind Russell, Errol Flynn and many more of the immortals. His films included Some Like It Hot, Casablanca, An American in Paris and Now, Voyager.

Orry was as big a legend behind the scenes as the on-screen legends he adoringly dressed. Talented, daring, brash, bold, the toast of Hollywood yet the thorn in the side of many a studio head and the first Australian to win three Academy Awards – But who was Orry-Kelly and how could he be so unknown in his homeland?… Expand

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Claudia Puig

Jul 28, 2016

Combining so many disparate strands — historical, contextual, personal and even gossipy — with the performative could have felt disjointed. But in Armstrong’s capable hands, it all comes together fairly seamlessly, providing a compelling portrait of Kelly’s noteworthy career. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jul 29, 2016

The clips Armstrong and her team have rounded up make us appreciate how, in a whole range of situations, costumes express character. Read full review

The Guardian Luke Buckmaster

Jul 29, 2016

The life of Orry-Kelly is a story that needed to be told, and Armstrong stocks up a lovingly rendered homage-cum-investigation with oodles of verve and panache. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Jul 29, 2016

The film’s charms exist in the performative elements contextualized amongst the film’s interviewees. Read full review

Harry Windsor

Jul 31, 2016

A rollicking if somewhat ham-handed documentary about the life of costume designer Orry-Kelly. Read full review

Eddie Cockrell

Jul 31, 2016

The film overstays its welcome by punctuating his story with ill-advised dramatic fantasy sequences that are meant to illustrate the anguish of a gay man in mid-century America, but come across as heavy-handed and mean-spirited. Read full review

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