# Movie Nude Scenes You Could Have Done Without **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647 "2001-01-18T05:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/1 "2001-01-18T05:49:45Z")
I’m not talking baout porn, here. I’m talking about mainstream movies. When I saw “Camilla” (a rather slow, talky boring movie), I had no idea I’d have to see 80+ year old Jessica Tandy naked. Any movies you’ve seen featuring nude scenes by people you NEVER wanted to see naked? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/2 "2001-01-18T07:25:36Z")
Harvey Keitel in _The Piano_ and _Bad Lieutenant_. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/3 "2001-01-18T07:41:17Z")
Wasn’t Oprah naked in “Beloved”? ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/4 "2001-01-18T07:42:05Z")
Frank Langella in _Lolita._ ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/5 "2001-01-18T10:05:49Z")
Anybody a fan of the WWF? Not really a movie, I know, but… Last year, they had a 70-year-old woman (I think it was Mae Young) strutting around in the ring topless during one of the PPV’s. The whole gimmick was that she supposedly thought she “still had it” or something, and it was a swimsuit contest (an excuse to include sex in with the violence), and, well… things went from there. Holy shit, I’m sure glad I averted my eyes when I did, 'cuz based on the wailings of my companions there with me, it wasn’t a pretty sight. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/6 "2001-01-18T11:18:50Z")
As soon as I saw the OP title, I thought “Harvey Keitel” , but I see that **woodstockingbird** beat me to it. brwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I’m still in shock over the memory. ---
**Author:** ![cheepdogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@cheepdogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheepdogg)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/7 "2001-01-18T11:22:36Z")
I’d have to say I could’ve done without the scene in Wild Things where they show Kevin’s “Bacon” ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/8 "2001-01-18T12:13:51Z")
oops, I incorrectly accredited the HK sighting (brrrrrr) it was **mbh**. But while I’m at it, **cheesedog** , any leftover Kevin Bacon stepping out of the shower scenes can be sent to me, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/9 "2001-01-18T12:28:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\*Frank Langella in _Lolita._ \*\* Aghhhhhhh! Why did you have to remind me of that? That said, I thought Harvey Ketiel’s scary nakedness was scary in a totally appropriat way in Bad Lietenaut. I mean, nude scenes are neccessarily supposed to be sexy are they? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/10 "2001-01-18T13:13:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > **I had no idea I’d have to see 80+ year old Jessica Tandy naked.** Oh man, that’s uncalled for! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/11 "2001-01-18T13:30:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\*That said, I thought Harvey Ketiel’s scary nakedness was scary in a totally appropriat way in Bad Lietenaut. > > I mean, nude scenes are neccessarily supposed to be sexy are they?\*\* I’m with **betenoir** re Harvey Keitel in _The Piano_. The word I most associate with that scene is _honest._ And I thought the use of his nudity was very poignant, in some weird way. Oh, and I think that last sentence above is missing a “not,” right, **betenoir**? ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/12 "2001-01-18T13:36:15Z")
Angie Dickinson in any of the movies she let em’ hang out in. I think one was “Truck Driving Mamas”. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/13 "2001-01-18T13:42:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fletch \* > \*\*Angie Dickinson in any of the movies she let em’ hang out in. I think one was “Truck Driving Mamas”. \*\* _ **Big Bad Mama** _ (1975), I think! That the one you mean, Fletch? Or should I call you Elmer Fudd Gantry? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/14 "2001-01-18T13:58:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > > \*\*That said, I thought Harvey Ketiel’s scary nakedness was scary in a totally appropriat way in Bad Lietenaut. > > > > I mean, nude scenes are neccessarily supposed to be sexy are they?\*\* > > I’m with **betenoir** re Harvey Keitel in _The Piano_. The word I most associate with that scene is _honest._ And I thought the use of his nudity was very poignant, in some weird way. > > Oh, and I think that last sentence above is missing a “not,” right, **betenoir**? \*\* Oh. Yes. Thanks, Scarlett :). ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/15 "2001-01-18T14:40:24Z")
Don’t know the actor’s name, but the corpse of the “gluttony” victim in _Se7en_. Egads. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/16 "2001-01-18T14:41:59Z")
I will fourth the Bad Lieutenant. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/17 "2001-01-18T14:51:54Z")
Wow. I just saw this thread title and the first thought that flashed through my mind was “Harvey Keitel in _The Piano_.” So I opened the thread and was amazed/delighted/vindicated to see it’s been brought up so many times already. Us Dopers are all races, genders, professions and nationalities, but at a certain basic level we’re all the same, aren’t we? ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/18 "2001-01-18T15:58:42Z")
Let’s not forget Michael Douglas’ flabby butt in _Fatal Attraction_. That ass was well past its expiration date. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/19 "2001-01-18T16:28:49Z")
In the movie “Such Good Friends,” we get to see a nude Burgess Meredith–well, save for a discreetly placed placard that he was wearing. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647/20 "2001-01-18T16:30:30Z")
Well, here’s one I have mixed feelings about. It’s not full nudity, BTW… Melanie Griffith in “Working Girl” when she’s putting on the lingerie. She was still recovering from weight put on during her last bout with alcohol addiction, I think, and she just didn’t look that good. So I though (at first) eww. Then I thought, screw it, this is a good thing to see an actress considered beautiful even when she’s not up the the typical hollywood standards. Let’s see, there was a recent british movie that Jane Horrocks was in, when she had an eating disorder and could only have sex with her boyfriend if he tied her up and licked chocolate off of her. That really repulsed me, where they showed her cringing little face and her tiny body all tied up. Still makes me shudder. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-nude-scenes-you-could-have-done-without/50647.md?page=2)