2016
Not Rated
Wolfe Releasing
1 h 35 m

2016
Not Rated
Wolfe Releasing
1 h 35 m

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 the le...

Directed By: Gillian Armstrong

Written By: Katherine Thomson

2016
Not Rated
Wolfe Releasing
1 h 35 m

2016
Not Rated
Wolfe Releasing
1 h 35 m

Women He's Undressed

Name: Women He's Undressed
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2016-07-29
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Rating: 76
Cast: Ann Roth, Jane Fonda, Marc Eliot, Eric Sherman, William J. Mann

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Gillian Armstrong

Written By: Katherine Thomson

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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TheWrap

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.

By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

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.

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Los Angeles Times

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.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

Jul 29, 2016

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

By John Fink FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jul 31, 2016

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

By Harry Windsor FULL REVIEW

Variety

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.

By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Damien Parer Productions

Release Date Jul 29, 2016

Duration 1 h 35 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website http://www.womenhesundressed.com/

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Awards

Screen Music Awards, Australia

• 1 Nomination

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

• 1 Nomination

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

• 1 Nomination

Women He's Undressed

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Ann Roth

Self

Jane Fonda

Self

Marc Eliot

Self

Eric Sherman

Self

William J. Mann

Self - movie historian

Catherine Martin

Self

David Chierichetti

Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

Deborah Nadoolman

Self

Michael Wilkinson

Self

Kym Barrett

Self

Larry McQueen

Self

Colleen Atwood

Self

Angela Lansbury

Self

Scotty Bowers

Self - author of 'Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars'

Jean H. Mathison

Self - William Haines' longtime assistant

Barbara Warner Howard

Self

June Dally-Watkins

Self

Jane Gosden

Self

Orry-Kelly

Self

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