Hefner: Unauthorized (TV)
1999 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Perhaps befitting its subject, this cable TV biopic of Playboy magazine maven Hugh Hefner is as glossy and superficial as Playboy itself. In the tradition of Sunset Blvd., the story is narrated by a dead person: Hefner's assistant, Bobbie Arnstein (Natasha Gregson Wagner), who killed herself in 1975 in the midst of a drug scandal at Playboy Enterprises. Hefner himself, played by Randall Batinkoff, is given a much happier denouement, when, after nearly 40 years of heading a publishing empire that has elevated the nudie-mag format into an empire, he surprises everyone by (briefly) giving up his notorious girl-chasing hedonism and weds Kimberly Conrad (Rebecca Romjin-Stamos).
Direction Peter Werner
Cast Randall Batinkoff · Natasha Gregson Wagner · Rebecca Herbst · Sarah Trigger · Jim Metzler · Rebecca Romijn · Mark Harelik · Bill Bolender · Gail Cronauer · Brett Rickaby · Herb Mitchell · Joe Chrest · Pat Healy · Andy Berman · Robert Traill · Angela Little · Larry Sullivan · Sydney Walsh
Soundtrack Peter Manning Robinson
Screenplay J.B. White
Cinematography Neil Roach
Original title Hefner: Unauthorized (TV)
Also known as Hugh Hefner: The True Story
5.7
22 votes (FilmAffinity)
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