And God Created Woman

Starring:Gail Boggs, Einstein Brown, Judith Chapman, Elle Collier, Rebecca De Mornay, MarÃa Duval (III), Thelma Houston, Connie Moore Kranz, Frank Langella, Pat Lee, Donovan Leitch, David LÃ³pez, Danny S. Martin, Lee Ann Martin, Jamie McEnnan, Benjamin Mouton, Dorian Sanchez, Gilbert Anthony Silva, Vincent Spano
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Product Type: DVD

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Roger Vadim's directorial debut is more titillation than continental cool, but it broke box-office records and censorship taboos in its teasing display of sex and eroticism in the sunny vacation playground of the Saint-Tropez seashore. Vadim ushered in the era of continental attitudes toward sex and christened the voluptuous Brigitte Bardot (his wife) the world's original sex kitten: earthy, innocent, and all fleshy curves. Bardot is Juliette, a pouty child-woman orphan prone to nude sunbathing and playful flirting. Though pursued by a rich widower (Curt Jurgens) and attracted to the brawny fisherman Antoine (Christian Marquand), she marries Antoine's shy younger brother Michel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), an earnest, innocent kid hardly older than she but far less worldly. Despite her sincere efforts to "be good," Juliette gives in to Michel's advances, setting off a chain of events that ends in fraternal conflict. Vadim keeps the display of skin this side of an R rating, but only barely, teasing the male audience with skimpy outfits, barely concealing sheets, and often conveniently arranged scenery. Bohemian Bardot frolics through the film with nary a self-conscious moment, culminating in a passionate mambo, her pent-up frustration and sexual confusion exploding in a mad dance as bongos pound away on the soundtrack. Who needed Viagra in the '50s when Bardot was around? --Sean Axmaker

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The astounding success of Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman revolutionized the foreign film market and turned Brigitte Bardot into an international star. Bardot stars as Juliette, an 18-year-old orphan whose unbridled appetite for pleasure shakes up all of St. Tropez; her sweet but naïve husband Michel (Jean-Louis Trintignant) endures beatings, insults, and mambo in his attempts to tame her wild ways. Criterion presents this milestone of cinematic naughtiness in a stunning new 16x9 Eastmancolor transfer, supervised by the late director.

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Bardot's image embodied a unique combination of perversity and innocence..........2006-12-28

The image of a nude Brigitte Bardot stretched out on her stomach, as she appeared at the very beginning of "And God Created Woman," used to create posters that sold by the thousands and helped to popularize her initials, "B.B."

The scandal she provoked launched the film and made it an unprecedented success... Her image embodied a unique combination of perversity and innocence, a mix she displayed in her powerful portrayal of the fascinating character in the film--a young woman, proud of her body, who ultimately rejects morality... However, this opposition to conventional behavior was more a declaration of intent than of reality... The film was actually a morality tale: the liaison of the heroine and her brother-in-law was severely criticized, and conjugal love triumphed over the other more sordid union in the end...

The controversy of "An God Created Woman" lay not so much in the actual events, but in the female character's impudence... And even if Vadim's message has become dated, it nonetheless documents a difficult period of time and the frustration that accompanied a living, breathing, sexual fantasy, an object of desire, a symbol of sexual liberty... Sex was no longer voyeurism, as it was in George Lacombe's "The Light Across the Street," (La Lumière d'en face) but instead became a reality which called for one's attention...

Seen in this way, it is incontestable that "B.B." and Vadim contributed to the liberation of sexual mores, almost presaging the Sexual Revolution...

surprisingly not good.......2006-12-04

was SO excited to finally see the myth known as Bardot and the movie that made her famous for that myth. but it turned out too be a big yawn. the movie is actually boring, and you can understand the plot, but it is still incomprehensible. and not b/c it is in french with subtitle (i actually prefer it that way; i like to hear french). it's like Vadim tried to hard with twists and turns; he tried to make an average story something greater. there is no great, stand out acting. and even though BB is sort of known for being "lazy", the actors in it seemed bored with the movie them self. like they didn't want to act. they and BB were lethargic. it felt like they were improvising or rehearsing, instead of actually acting. there is too much worthless dialogue, no action. i still love bardot probably because of her fashion, beauty, etc, but i don't see why there was a commotion over her from a celluloid point of view (maybe there is another movie that captures her sex-kitten essence; i don't think this is the movie), shes not very great in it. she is just an average girl who pouts. there's not a wonderful, distinct persona, how you have with Marilyn Monroe. it was a long, mundane movie and i found myself falling asleep. i was very disappointed. it did not hold my attention. haven't watched it again. i was also shocked that even though BB looks great in it, she still couldn't keep me awake.

Enjoyable, and worth watching for more than Bardot........2006-04-04

I saw this recently on a lark just to see what all the Brigitte Bardot fuss was about -- and wasn't expecting much since sex comedy farces (particularly French ones) aren't high on my film watch lists -- but was surprised at how good (and good-natured) it was. Besides the vivacious charms of Ms. Bardot, this film had a solid script and good acting and dialogs. (One of my favorite lines had Bardot replying to a query why a family won't sell its puny shipyard to the effect that they want to at least still *own* something to not to feel poor.) The story is not highbrow, but is far from being lowbrow and tawdry and exploitative as some newcomers (like me) might perceive from its notorious reputation. Bardot plays Juliette, the "town tramp" of St. Tropez who is pursued by a rich, elderly playboy while carrying the torch for Antonio, an impecunious shipwright who treats her just as a convenient one-night-stand. In comes Antonio's younger brother, Michele, who truly loves her and offers to marry her to save her from being sent back to the orphanage. Juliette marries Michele and comes to love him despite herself, while fighting against her reckless, impetuous nature as Antonio comes back into the scene and presents a constant temptation. Will love or lust wins out? Call me old-fashioned, but I liked how the movie ends, and I agree with another Amazon reviewer's analysis (Robert Cartland), which hits it square on the head. (BTW, the video transfer for this Criterion DVD edition is excellent, eliminating all the old flaws while preserving the warm, vibrant colors of the St. Tropez location to great effect.)

The Sex Kitten is Born.......2005-12-26

If you've never watched any of Bardot's movies, I'd say this would be the best place to start. It displays Brigitte at the height of her beauty and is the perfect vehicle to show case her unbridled, breathtaking sensuality. Though the plot is thin and the sex scenes and nudity(which are actually more in the viewers imagination than on screen),are very tame and modest by today's standards, you can see why Bardot would have been ahead of her time and why she became a screen icon and legend.In a sense she was the original example of the sexually liberated woman,living by her own laws of sensuality and freedom. Along with that you can't take your eyes of her, she is a goddess incarnate and what she lacks in acting ability, she makes up for in charm and natural screen presence. Brigitte's 'Juliette' character, a teenaged orphan forced into a marriage of convenience, is childishly irresponsible,sulky,untamed and larger than life. But then I find a lot of French movies like to portray their woman as pouting, rebellious, reckless man eaters. Bardot was the original sex kitten however, with her tousled mane, luscious pout, gorgeous shapely figure, and careless sexy walk, she spawned a generation of imitators; her style still evident more than ever in today's starlets, who can't hold a candle to her. Director Roger Vadim makes good use of beautiful and unspoiled St Tropez as a backdrop, but it is his stunning,shapely young 'Mrs' who carries this film.I doubt if it would have got a second look without her presence.
Athough Curt Jurgens adds a little class and Christian Marquand is good to look at, the male characters in the film are quite dull and unlikeable, and Bardot outshines all of them as she continued to do through her 20 or so year career of mediocre movies.

Bardolatry at its finest!.......2005-12-23

This is the film that made Brigitte Bardot a legend. I have to admit: I have tried to look at this film objectively and I find it alternately demeaning, silly, and just plain dumb. So how come I'm giving it five stars? One word: Bardot. If you were to assemble a dictionary that would use visuals to illustrate the various words, Bardot's mambo sequence would authoritatively define the word "sensual." With the pulsating sound of the bongos in the background punctuated by blaring horns, Brigitte is larger than life dancing from room to room like a woman possessed. This may not be acting but it sure holds your attention - kind of like watching a human being transform into a wild animal. This sequence tells you all you need to know about why Bardot is a legend even in her senior years. And no, I don't believe And God Created Woman's silly ending in which we are expected to believe that a few slaps from Jean Louis Trintignant are enough to turn Bardot into a submissive French housewife. On the other hand, I don't think audiences in the 1950's were ready to deal with the reality of a sexually liberated woman like Brigitte.

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Rebecca DeMornay
A Guilty Pleasure From My Twenties.
Two words. Frank Langella.
A sexy film
Somewhere between a guilty pleasure and an underrated gem

And God Created Woman
Starring: Gail Boggs , Einstein Brown , Judith Chapman , Elle Collier , and Rebecca De Mornay
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She's sexy. She's seductive. She's Robin Shay (De Mornay), a beautiful free spirit whose spontaneous style always get her into trouble and now she's escaping from a New Mexico prison! But freedom is fleeting as Robin escapes right into the lap of politician James Tiernan (Langella), who reluctantly puts her back in jail. She talks carpenter Billy Moran into a hasty marriage, effecting her immediate parole. However, Robin soon learns that freedom has its price - a "husband" and his family and all she wants is to play rock 'n' roll. With a smitten politician in one hand, and a passionate husband in the other Robin creates her own rules - then breaks them!

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Running Time 100 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Rebecca DeMornay.......2007-04-05

This is one of my favorite movies from the 80s. Rebecca DeMornay is hot in this remake of the Roger Vadim 50s classic.

A Guilty Pleasure From My Twenties........2006-08-04

This movie isn't particularly good--it's a basic marriage of convenience and cheating tupperware party. It's still got great, funny moments even if it doesn't always make sense, but I wouldn't thumb my nose at it. I never saw the original nor, until looking up these reviews, did I even know there was one. Rebecca DeMornay is always beautiful, and her performance is actually quite hilarious in places. The situations are outrageous, and Vincent Spano is nice eye candy if not much else. Donovan Leitch's son also turns in a solid supporting role performance.

Sure, this movie is shallow, silly, raunchy, and totally 80s, but that's what makes it so much fun. A great guilty pleasure with a decent music sountrack, 80s movie buffs should really like this one, because it fits all the typical criteria.

Two words. Frank Langella........2006-05-08

This is one of those laughably bad movies where you find yourself wondering how much worse it can get, and then it gets worse. Rebecca DeMornay does her best to summon a this-is-how-twenty-and-thirty-something-guys-think-a-sexy-wild-chick-looks-when-she's-having-sex persona, but really, she doesn't bring one iota of sensuality to the character. For a movie that's supposed to be all about sex, overall it's curiously un-sexy. There is one reason, and one reason only to sit through (the unrated version of) this movie -- Frank Langella. On the pool table. In the hot tub. On the floor. The only true depiction of desire and passion in the entire silly thing. In those all too brief scenes, he makes Vincent Spano's character look like a colorless, bloodless, bumbling schoolkid (not too difficult to do considering Spano's acting job), and it's just one part of the lunacy of this thing that she goes home to him when she has the glorious, magnificent masculinity of Frank Langella offered to her for the night. Are you kidding me?? He is a peerless actor who must surely count this clunker among the what-was-I-thinking parts of his resume, but he gets ten stars for turning in the movie's only moments of real passion. He invests the word "wait" with more sensuality than the entire rest of the cast in the entire movie combined!

A sexy film.......2004-06-22

Man,is this a sexy film. Rebecca DeMornay is Robin,a paroled convict who forms a band with some people who answer an ad she placed(she's the lead singer and rhythm guitarist). Upon her release from jail she marries the handsome man who bails her out. So Robin begins her new life with her new husband Billy(Vincent Spano) and his young son,Timmy,from an earlier marriage. Handyman Billy has a younger brother who's a musician also. He also works as a sales clerk at a fast food restaurant(he was fired from the restaurant after failing to show up too many times). Billy and Robin had affairs with others during their marriage which never ended. Robin had sexual affairs with governor hopeful James Tiernan(Frank Langella). They shot pool together and Billy went bowling with another woman. After Billy an Robin engage in a sexual activity on a bed inside a museum,they're photographed by a patron. The photograph is brought to the attention of Robin's parole officer. Now Robin's about to go back to jail. Billy gets a lawyer and fights to the finish for Robin's revoked parole. James even admitted,"Miss Shay(Robin) is getting too dangerous for me.". So Robin and her band perform in a nightclub and she catches the eye of a male sex fiend. Jealous Billy beats the crap out of the sex fiend. So to keep the marriage alive,Billy plans to go to Robin's jail(Billy confessed to her that he murdered another woman). Awesome film!

Somewhere between a guilty pleasure and an underrated gem.......2003-07-13

If you can forget the whole remake thing, this is a somewhat involving movie, with interesting plot twists, a great performance by De Mornay, nice supporting performances, interesting if corny character development, a nice sound track, Vadim's strange but unique visual style and it's very sexy. What more do you want? I think as time goes on and a new generation stumbles on this flick free from the hype about it being a remake of a "classic" it will be appreciated more and more as a nice offbeat B movie melodrama with lots of sex, some nice humor and beautiful photography.

Bardot - Et Dieu... créa la femme/Documentaire : Brigitte Bardot, Une premiere (Original French Version)

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THE REAL AND CORRECT ASIN: B0000CA1FN

Bardot - Et Dieu... créa la femme/Documentaire : Brigitte Bardot, Une premiere (Original French Version)

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ASIN: B0002VFXUO

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Juliette Hardy is sexual dynamite, and has the men of a French coastal town panting. But Antoine, the only man who affects her likewise, wouldn't dream of settling down with a woman his friends consider the town tramp. While Antoine's away, his younger brother Michel, who worships Juliette, proposes to her; out of liking rather than love, she accepts, and their marriage becomes happy. But what will happen when Antoine returns?

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THE REAL AND CORRECT ASIN: B0000CA1FN .......2005-03-03

Description THE REAL AND CORRECT ASIN: B0000CA1FN

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Brigitte Bardot - Coffret Les grands classiques

This wonderful boxset contains the following Brigitte Bardot titles contained on four dvd discs:

Les grandes manoeuvres 1955
Don Juan 1973
En effeuillant la marguerite 1956
Les bijoutiers du clair de lune 1958
Et Dieu créa la femme 1956
Documentaire - Une première 1996
Une parisienne 1957
Histoires extraordinaire 1967

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Release Information:
* Studio: Imavision Dist.
* DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003

Edition Details:
* Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
* Language: French
* Release Date: August 12, 2003
* Catalog Number: I418821
* ASIN: B0000CA1FN
* UPC: 069458117432
* MPAA Rating: Unrated

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Caroline & The Rebels/And God Created Woman

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Bardot at a reasonable price.
This is not a Brigitte Bardot title.

Caroline & The Rebels/And God Created Woman
Starring: Alfred Adam , Brigitte Bardot , Daniel Ceccaldi , Jacques Dacqmine , and Robert Dalban
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Release Date: 1999-01-01

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Bardot at a reasonable price........2000-04-04

Two Brigitte Bardot movies (on one DVD) at a very affordable price! I'm happy, but here's the scoop on the DVD: (1) both "Caroline and the Rebels" and "And God Created Woman" are dubbed in English versions of the movies (2) the picture/audio quality of both movies is mediocre at best (both videos are in color but look kind of hazy, washed out; the audio on "Caroline" has some static and the audio on "And God Created Woman" is clear and loud).

Bottom line: I'm NOT complaining. At this price, this DVD is a bargain. (I happen to like dubbed foreign movies--I hate reading subtitles on my small tv screen). Until another company releases pristine versions of these films, this DVD is just fine.

This is not a Brigitte Bardot title........2000-02-04

Please correct your data banks. This is not a Brigitte Bardot video. How in the world did she get to be a primary contributor?

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Rebecca DeMornay
A Guilty Pleasure From My Twenties.
Two words. Frank Langella.
A sexy film
Somewhere between a guilty pleasure and an underrated gem

And God Created Woman
Starring: Gail Boggs , Einstein Brown , Judith Chapman , Elle Collier , and Rebecca De Mornay
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
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Description

She's sexy. She's seductive. She's Robin Shay, a beautiful free spirit whose spontaneous style always gets her into trouble - and now she's escaping from a New Mexico prison! But freedom is fleeting as Robin escapes right into the lap of politician James Tiernan, who reluctantly puts her back in jail. She "talks" carpenter Billy Moran into a hasty marriage, effecting her immediate parole. However, Robin soon learns that freedom has its price - a "husband" and his family - and all she wants is to play rock 'n' roll. With a smitten politician in one hand, and a passionate husband in the other Robin creates her own rules - then breaks them. Rebecca De Mornay

Customer Reviews:

Rebecca DeMornay.......2007-04-05

This is one of my favorite movies from the 80s. Rebecca DeMornay is hot in this remake of the Roger Vadim 50s classic.

A Guilty Pleasure From My Twenties........2006-08-04

Two words. Frank Langella........2006-05-08

A sexy film.......2004-06-22

Somewhere between a guilty pleasure and an underrated gem.......2003-07-13