Main Cast: Stephen Nathan, Cindy Williams, Bruce Kimmel, Leslie Ackerman, Alan Abelew
Release Year: 1975
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
The owner of a financially foundering skin-flick production company decides that the only way to save it is to put on a Busby Berkeley-esque pornographic musical -- sort of a Broadway meets Times Square affair. Ribald humor, bawdy songs and plenty of skin abounds in this sophomoric satire that while unabashedly trashy, has developed a bit of a cult following. Songs include: "The First Nudie Musical," "The Lights and the Smiles," "Lesbian Butch Dyke," "Five Dancing Dildos," "Perversion," "Honey, What Ya Doin' Tonight," "I Don't Have to Hide Anymore," "Where Is a Man." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Diana Canova - Juanita; Alexandra Morgan - Mary La Rue; Frank Doubleday - Arvin; Greg Finley - Jimmy; Herb Graham - Frankie; Kathleen Hietala - Eunice; Art Marino - Eddie; Hy Pyke - Benny; Jane Ralston - Buck-and-Wing Girl; Susan Stewart - Joy Full; Ron Howard - Actor at Audition; Jerry Hoffman - Schlong; John Kirby - Bad Actor
Credit
Tom Rasmussen - Art Director, Lloyd Gordon - Choreography, Tom Rasmussen - Costume Designer, Mark Haggard - Director, Bruce Kimmel - Director, Allen Peluso - Editor, Bruce Kimmel - Composer (Music Score), Bruce Kimmel - Musical Direction/Supervision, Dodie Warren - Makeup, Douglas H. Knapp - Cinematographer, Hal Landers - Producer, Jack Reeves - Producer, Peter Brown - Producer, Timothy J. Bloch - Set Designer, Art Names - Sound/Sound Designer, Ted Gomillion - Sound/Sound Designer, Bruce Kimmel - Screenwriter
The First Nudie Musical is a 1976American motion picture directed by Mark Haggard and Bruce Kimmel.
Overview
The movie is a comedy starring Cindy Williams and Stephen Nathan. Nathan plays Harry Schechter, heir to a Hollywood studio forced to make a musical comedyporno in order to stave off bankruptcy. The movie features a series of farcical lewd musical numbers in the style of classical Hollywood musical comedies including: "Orgasm", "Lesbian Butch Dyke", and "Dancing Dildos." The movie has low-budget feel, with a "musical-within-a-movie" theme in the tradition of Singin' in the Rain but with satirical sexual humor. An early staple of Cinemax, it has become somewhat of a cult classic since its initial release and was released on DVD in 2001. It was one of several farcical musical-comedy collaborations between Kimmel (who also co-starred in the movie) and Williams, along with The Creature Wasn't Nice in 1981.
Production Notes
Diana Canova, who would later star on the sitcom Soap, sang for the film's soundtrack and appeared in the film as "Juanita" ("Eets yust so beeg!").
Cindy Williams had started appearing in her hit series Laverne & Shirley when she was called back to film an added slapstick scene involving a camera crane. She wore a hat to cover her longer hair which would not have matched her previously filmed scenes. The video cover promoted a guest appearance by Ron Howard, although his contribution was a very short appearance near the start of the film.
The run-down studio used for exterior scenes was Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. The studio underwent a renovation shortly after filming.
