What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975) is a comedy sex farce made by an American director in English in Sweden and Denmark using English stars in the lead roles. It is a sendup of Victorian sexual hypocrisy, and is the best film of its era and genre. It was shot in 1972 using a then new 3-D technique. Only one lens, one made for a 35 mm camera, was available, so the entire film had to be shot with that single lens. Further, the lens manufacturer didn't provide proper instructions, and the film, which looked great on a small monitor viewing dailies, was way too far off on the two channels when viewed on a Wide screen. It took three years of optical processing to fix it. At the time the director (Vernon P. Becher) was looking for funding, he was not having much luck, until he said he was shooting it in 3-D. There were a couple of huge box office hits in 3-D at the time, and that got him his funding.

They used many practical locations, and most of the decoration and props were authentic Victorian. A young man (Ole Søltoft), son of very strict Victorian parents, is obsessed with sex, since he has been kept from it. After his parents die, he discovers that his father spent a good deal of time at a house of ill repute run by Diana Dors. After a crash course in sexuality using the Kama Sutra as a text and Dors' girls as lab partners, he discovered two thing -- photography, and the love of his life, Sue Longhurst. After inheriting money from a deceased uncle, he buys a new home, and converts a large room into a specially equipped seduction chamber. Meanwhile, Longhurst always brings her maid (Malou Cartwright) along, but Malou gets her own thing going with Ole's butler. To broaden the story, Jack the Ripper lives in hidden passages in the house.

The film was good enough that the MPAA allowed an R rated edit. It was shown in England under the name "What the Swedish Butler Saw," and this is the version being released on DVD. The DVD is called "The Groove Room" and the film has also been known as A Man with a Maid (the title of the Victorian erotic story it was based on), Victorian Fantasies, My Favorite Butler and Teenaged Tickle Girls. IMDb lists it as A Man with a Maid. Both Longstreet and Cartwright show everything, as do several women at Dors' establishment.

The DVD has both a 2-D and 3-D version, with four sets of glasses. The effect worked very well on my monitor. It also contains a featurette, and a commentary. IMDb readers have this at 5.2 of 10, which is high compared to normal scores for this genre. It is funny, well acted, inventive and looks great. As rare as it is for a film with extensive nudity, I am giving this a B-. It is not the typical male fantasy that is demeaning to women, and the story is entertaining enough that even those who usually would avoid adult films might like this one.

Charlie's French Cinema Nudity Site is updated.

Normal Life (1995):

I've never seen this film. I keep waiting for it to make it to DVD. But there is no reason to wait to see some film clips of Ashley Judd getting undressed and having sex! These aren't great quality, but we had nothin', so they are an improvement.

• Ashley Judd in a very energetic sex scene. (zipped .wmv)
• Ashley Judd cutting herself. (zipped .wmv)

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

Words from Scoop.

.avi's from Shiloh.

.wmv files made by Scoop from Shiloh's .avi's.

NOTE: because of a unique combination of circumstances with the Windows media player and some substantial bandwidth theft, we will have to do all of our movie files in zip format. Left click on the files as you normally would to view a picture. When you get a choice, click on "save", and put it on your hard drive in the directory of your choice. UnZIP and play from there.

I know this is not especially convenient, but it allows the film clips to continue. I can protect .zip files from hot-linking in the same way I can protect still images. For some reason, if I protect .avis and .wmvs from hot-linking, they will not play in the Windows media player, and I can't get a satisfactory work-around. Perhaps I will find a better solution, but for now this new policy allows you to continue getting the movie clips you want to see, which is much preferable to my abandoning the clips altogether.

Perhaps these tips will help if you have trouble with the codecs for these movies:

Shiloh says:

FYI when I hypercam vids to make the file size smaller I use DivX MPEG-4 Fast-Motion for the video compressor, then I use virtualdub to compress the audio. The properties for the vids says the video codec:  DivX Decoder Filter & audio codec:  Morgan Stream Switcher which I'm not familiar with. When I compress the audio with virtualdub I use MPEG Layer-3.  A friend of mine told me about compressing the audio about (6) mos. ago. Like I said previously, only been capping for a year & a half & I'm no expert. Hopefully this info will help members with the proper codecs for my vids.

 

When I cap big brother's I use hypercam mostly & sdp & asfrecorder if the set up allows me. I stopped using camtasia cause the file sizes were always too big, could never figure out the process, over my head lol, plus it cost too much to buy in my opinion.

A reader says:

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Scoop says:

I made the .wmv versions of each video. The codecs for these: Windows Video V8, Windows Audio 9. The upside of these is that you know the codecs, and they'll play in the Windows Media Player. The downside is that they are slightly larger, and slightly lower quality.

Another batch of video odds n' ends from the Ghost. (zipped .wmvs as usual)

• Amanda Peet, topless in scenes from "Igby Goes Down" (2002). Not as cute as her toplessness in "The Whole Nine Yards", but still not too shabby.

• Former "Law and Order" star Angie Harmon briefly showing her breasts in scenes from "Lawn Dogs" (1997).

• The exotic and gorgeous Charlotte Lewis bares her big'uns in a scene from "Excessive Force" (1993).

• Melora Walters, topless and baring her bum while bent over a table in a scene from "Cold Mountain" (2003).

"Blueberry" (2004) This is the weirdest movie I have ever seen.

A young guy sent to his uncle's ranch goes into town and loses his virginity to a girl who is then killed by a local criminal. The guy is injured, rescued by Indians and nursed back to health. He then engages in Indian rituals and makes weird noises. Then an unexplained jump forward in time to when the young guy has become Marshall and a bunch of people including the local criminal are chasing gold in the Indian reservation. Guy decides to stop them. That's when the movie became just too weird for me.

Finally as a reward for those who suffered through the film Juliette Lewis does a totally gratuitous nude scene. It's too hairy and dark to make out the details but credit to Juliette as not many actresses do this type of scene.

• Juliette Lewis, full frontal. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

• Nichole Hiltz almost busting out of her clothes. Some folks may recognize her from her role as "Alien Jumpsuit Chick #2" in "Dude, Where's My Car?" (2000).

• Vahina Giocante, the French actress bares breasts and bum in a love scene.

Paradise Falls season 2
More previews from season 2 starting September 18 on Showcase. Most of the actresses are returning with the exceptions of Kim Schraner and Carla Collins. No nudity yet but close.

• Chantal Quesnel: graduates from the hot tub to skinny dipping.
• Cherilee Taylor graduates from outdoor nudity to outdoor sex.
• Kim Poirier: first season nudity holdout but after season one was canceled she showed her boobs in three other movies. So expect more skin from her character in season two.
• Michelle Latimer: graduates from the town goth girl to the town prostitute.
• Danielle Hampton: newcomer is going to have lesbian relationship with Michelle Latimer.

2004 Olympics
Women's diving or the wet bathing-suit portion of the Greece Olympics. Here is who should have won Gold, Silver and Bronze.

• Italy's Tania Cagnotto
• Canada's Blythe Hartley
• Canada's Emilie Heymans

Night Man: episode People's Choice
Singer Bif Naked is never naked but she does love showing off her tattoos.

• Bif Naked: cleavage.

"The Assistant" (1997)
A movie by the recently late director Daniel Petrie. Street Time actress Kate Greenhouse has a rare topless scene while being watched in the bathroom.

• Kate Greenhouse: breasts.

"The Gambler" aka "La Partita" (1988)
A euro movie worth watching for rare Jennifer Beals skin exposure and to see her in 17th century knickers.

• Jennifer Beals: wet underwear, boob flash.

"Dirty Tricks" (1981)
Elliot Gould/Kate Jackson comedy. No nudity as this is rated PG although Elliot Gould does show alot of fur.

• Kate Jackson: just in the sack with bear-like man.
• Cindy Girling: bra-less.
• Alberta Watson: nice leg and cleavage.
• locker room scene: underwear only.

"Probable Cause" (1994)
Michael Ironside/Kate Vernon cop drama about the investigation of a series of cop murders. The only nudity is by a British porn actress playing a stripper.

• Kate Vernon: in lily-white bra and panties getting gang banged by a bunch of cops. Hey that's Dean Vernon Wormer's daughter you're messing with. Guess who the murderer is.
• Michelle Thorn: boobs and buns as stripper.
• Lisa McIntosh: cleavage as stripper
• Candice Elzinga: a real life casting agent playing a hooker. A male casting agent would have played a pimp.

"The Girl Next Door"
If you watch this 2004 romantic comedy to see Elisha Cuthbert, a raft of other attractive young women (with a little nudity), and get a few laughs along the way, you're going to like this flick. If you're looking for more, you'll be disappointed.

The plot is promising; a graduating high school senior falls in love with the 19 year old niece of his next door neighbor, newly arrived to housesit. Things go nicely until his friends recognize her as a porn star. Things get worse when her slimeball producer arrives to bring her back into the "business".

Corny and fun with some very funny moments, just enjoy the sights in this lightweight entertainment and don't expect too much.

• Elisha Cuthbert
• The Women of "The Girl Next Door"

ALEC AND KIM BATTLE OVER MYSTERY PHOTO
Something To Remember Her By - Battling ex's Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin are back in court. Alec is demanding she remove her furniture from their New York apartment, but she's refusing to leave until he gives back "a blown-up photo of undisclosed content." Alec's attorney would only say, "It is a very personal item."