Standard films with high heels

Gayle Gold · 30th June 2005, 09:03

I don't remember seeing many films with ladies wearing high heels.
From memory there is 'Single White Female' where the shoes are pivotal (excuse pun) and 'Sea of Love' where she works in a shoe shop and wears heels and has stunning body (forget actresses name).
There is, of course, Marilyn Monroe in 'Some Like It Hot' and the Arnie film with Jamie Lee Curtis (was it True Lies?) where she is a plain Jane but dons some heels to dance for him.

There never appears to be characters that wear very high heels unless they are lap-dancers or prostitutes. Does not help our cause (if there is one) of normalising heels.

GGxxx

Bubba136 · 30th June 2005, 15:35

I guess you haven't seen any of Dolly Parton's movies.

Gayle Gold · 30th June 2005, 15:52

Oh ye - you're right! I have seen 9 to 5 and then another one where she is on a bridge retrieving a bank note and someone thinks she is committing suicide - but dunno what it was called but she wore some lovely shoes in that. My memory is going - must be the dumb blonde in high heels thing.
GGxxx

gary0618 · 13th July 2005, 22:48

How about:

Under the Tuscan Sun with Diane Lane.

A fantastic High Heel Mainstream Movie.

shrimper · 14th July 2005, 11:00

Dolly was in "Straight Talk" where she wore 6 inch cobalt blue pumps through the whole movie. I was disappointed that she didn't change up. Maybe the director thought that would be too much or maybe he's a dolly fan whose eyes don't get down to the feet.

luxxyheels · 18th July 2005, 16:07

Check out Unfaithful with Diane Lane and Richard Gere. The beginning is amazing. Diane Lane is hot ;)

barney15c · 20th July 2005, 05:09

Check out the Tom Cruise film "Eyes wide shut"
Lots of heels - especially in the masquarade party scene, beware though of lots of sexually explicit images.

w6ish · 3rd May 2006, 20:15

it was 2002 but did anyone see: the Phone Booth
a couple of gals playing the role of hookers? i like the one gal's zebra print sling backs.

bluewinds · 5th May 2006, 12:11

Why is it that loads of people on this site always over exaggerate the height of heels, like the reference to dolly parton above in 6 inch heels, ive seen the film and they look more like 4 or 4.5 inch

also i remember one comment about halle berry on parkinson appartently in 5 inch heels, i saw that and they were certainly no more than 4 inch, i could have posted a pic but i couldnt be bothered at the time.

I think it must be a case of wishfull thinking

Shafted · 6th May 2006, 00:35

I think that when any of us make estimations of heel height in a photo or movie, we base it on the proportions of our own feet. I think we guys that wear heels try to apply the same sense of proportion to the smaller feet of the ladies, thereby overestimating their height.