Product Details

• Actors: Cindy Crawford; Claudia Schiffer; Naomi Campbell; Kate Moss; Lauren Hutton
• Directors: Katharina Otto-Bernstein
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Film Manufacturers Inc
• DVD Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F0UQZE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,113 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Director

Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Documentary Competition. Winner of the Silver Hugo Award from the Chicago Film Festival. Screened at the Tel Aviv Documentary Film Festival and the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. It premiered theatrically in January 1999, and was chosen by the Sundance Channel as one of their favorite documentaries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the smiles, February 6, 2002

By	KiLoGr - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beautopia [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Many girls dream of becoming models, but perhaps if you showed them this video they would change their minds. The girls are young, most of them about 16. The four main characters are stunning, two are winners of modeling contests in foreign countries and sent to Manhattan to seek their fortunes. However, once in NYC they are lost in a sea of literally thousands of supermodel hopefuls. The suspence is in seeing whether or not they will claw their way up or if they will be sent back home poorer and disillusioned.

You watch them pretend to be big girls in the harsh Manhattan fashion world. At points they're crying, homesick, struggling through language barriers, and worrying about financial uncertainties. In the hopes of eventually getting paying work, they shell out hundreds each month on high rent and photographs to promote themselves. Everyday they pound the pavement interviewing with potential clients only to be rejected and insulted time and time again.

This documentary explores the dark depths of this shallow world and I recommend it to anyone who ever dreamed of being adored for being pretty.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rocks the Face of the Modeling World, October 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Beautopia [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have to say that I was skeptical of this movie and its topic. However, I found it an interesting sociological view of 20th century culture. It covers the modeling craze and many young girls' aspirations in different marketing enivronments and different worlds. Amazing!

3.0 out of 5 stars Question, September 17, 2002

By	"shirly22000" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beautopia [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Documentary was interesting, my question is

Does anyone have an update on these Models???

Will there be a Beautopia 2???