Product Details

• Actors: Miss Indigo Blue, The Shanghai Pearl
• Directors: Deirdre Timmons
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002KT5TDW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,009 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Wink and A Smile" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Product Description

An intoxicating mix of private yearnings and public spectacle, A WINK AND A SMILE exposes more than the human body by putting gender, power and sexuality under the spotlight, as it follows the lives of ten "ordinary" women who do something extraordinary - learn the art of burlesque dancing and striptease. Through their adventures, we see how a homemaker, a reporter, a doctor, an opera singer, a taxidermist and a college student join the American cultural revival of burlesque, as it moves from fringe fascination to mainstream obsession, engaging a world where performance art and showgirl spectacle, music, theater and sensuality crash into over-the-top glamour - a world where many want to go, but very few dare.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, but much more interesting!, December 5, 2009

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This review is from: A Wink and A Smile (DVD)

I bought this because I am interested in learning burlesque after a friend went through a striptease course in New York. I thought it might be more of a "how to" but then discovered that it was actually much more entertaining - even inspirational. It's easy to focus on the nudity or sexual aspects of burlesque, or even the oddity or the glamour, but what makes this intriguing is focusing on the women themselves -- why they want to do burlesque, their fears, body issues, etc. The actual performance scenes are beautiful. Great movie to watch with girlfriends -- or a boyfriend, actually. He'd like it too :)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting, December 23, 2009

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Charlotte Bronte (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Wink and A Smile (DVD)

This was most definitely a very informative DVD on the subject of burlesque. The women in it started out as knowing very little about this form of dancing, which ultimately is getting undressed in a very sophisticated manner as opposed to basic striptease, even though with striptease, sometimes this can apply also. The clothes are what make Burlesque fascinating and in this DVD, we see ordinary women changing from working attire to the most conderful costumes to perform in, and performing at the end of the DVD in a professional way. These women are from all walks of life, and have not done Burlesque before, therefore at the end of the DVD to see them doing so is quite a revelation.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but marvelous, November 17, 2009

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Leslie J. Olson (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This film is a surprise jewel of a find: beautiful cinematography, music, performers. It's sexy and touching at the same time. It will appeal to every red-blooded, hetero man for the sheer sensuality of it all. It will reach women in places they didn't know existed or were afraid to acknowledge. It's real; it's intelligent; it's liberating; it's fun. Well written, directed, and edited. A marvelous date film.