Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alexandra Dean directs. Buddy Squires behind the camera. Jeremy Bullock scores. Alexandra Dean cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in German, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 8 years ago.
• 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
• 4Directed by Alexandra Dean, shot by Buddy Squires. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Original score by Jeremy Bullock. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 6Editor Alexandra Dean shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 7Hedy Lamarr and Mel Brooks and Jennifer Hom carry the top of the cast.
• 8Marketing tagline: "Icon. Immigrant. Inventor.".
• 9IMDB entry: tt6752848 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 10Classified under 27 themes, including "nazi", "inventor", "technology", "drug addiction".

The technical file

Cinematography

Buddy Squires

Original score

Jeremy Bullock

Editing

Alexandra Dean

Sound

Eliott Taylor

Runtime

88 min · 1h 28m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

95% 🍅 Fresh

Metacritic

70/100

IMDB rating

7.4/10 · 4,449 votes

US box office

$820,300

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

  Trailer · Official
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  Bombshell - The Hedy Lamarr Story - Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  Reframed Pictures

  US

Key crew

• Sound Re-Recording MixerEliott Taylor
• Executive ProducerSusan Sarandon
• EditorAlexandra Dean
• Executive ProducerRegina K. Scully
• ProducerAlexandra Dean
• EditorLindy Jankura
• ProducerJulie Sacks
• ProducerKatherine Drew
• EditorPenelope Falk
• Supervising ProducerJunko Tsunashima
• Co-ProducerDan Braun
• Co-ProducerDavid Koh
• ProducerAdam Haggiag
• Executive ProducerMichael Kantor
• Music SupervisorKarl Westman
• Associate ProducerAaron Duffy
• Post Production SupervisorJames Salkind
• SoundAra Ayer
• SoundMike Baum
• SoundMike Curtiss
• Dialogue EditorEric Di Stefano
• SoundShane Lovero
• Sound Effects EditorFilipe Messeder
• SoundChristopher Powell

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• nazi
• inventor
• technology
• drug addiction
• world war ii
• plastic surgery
• biography
• patent
• feminist
• single mother
• divorce
• vienna, austria
• jealous husband
• hollywood star
• woman director
• pioneer women
• jewish woman
• 1940s
• 1960s
• 1930s
• failed marriage
• radio engineer
• adolf hitler
• life and career
• biographical
• biographical documentary
• sex symbol

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2017-04-23PG-13· Tribeca Film Festival

Also known as

International titles

• 밤쉘KR
• Hedy Lamarr : From Extase to WifiFR
• Hollywood's Brightest Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr StoryGB
• Geniale Göttin - Die Geschichte von Hedy LamarrDE
• Hedy Lamarr, star et inventeuse de génieFR
• Bombshell: La historia de Hedy LamarrES