Power and Beauty

Power and Beauty
GenreCrime
Drama
Romance
Written byWilliam Bast, Paul Huson, Dave Erickson
Directed bySusan Seidelman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersAndy Adelson
Tracey Alexander
Running time96 minutes
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseJuly 2002 (2002-07)

Power and Beauty a 2002 biographical drama television movie about the socialite Judith Exner and her romantic relationships with President John F. Kennedy and Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana.

The film is based on Exner's 1977 memoir My Story.

Cast

Reception

Variety described the film as "an awfully dull telepic that makes Harlequin romances seem profound by comparison. A memoir of one of history's lesser-known mistresses, the cabler's "Power and Beauty" is fixated on a person who just isn't that interesting, at least the way she's portrayed here". SFGate negatively reviewed the film as a "second-rate biopic".

References

  1. ↑ Tate, Marsha Ann (2007). Canadian Television Programming Made for the United States Market A History with Production and Broadcast Data. McFarland. p. 270.
  2. ↑ Bergan, Ronald (20 June 2011). William Campbell obituary. The Guardian.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 535. ISBN 9798216309000.
  4. 1 2 Speier, Michael (17 July 2002). "Review: 'Power and Beauty'". Variety.
  5. ↑ Nash, Jay Robert (2019). The Encyclopedia of Best Films A Century of All the Finest Movies, V-Z, Volume 4. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 3667. ISBN 9798216331001.
  6. ↑ Guthmann, Edward (19 July 2002). "'Power and Beauty' stuck in the dirt / Recklessness fails to ignite passion in Exner's biopic". SFGate.