Sunday 27 September 2009

Joely Richardson - "Drowning By Numbers" - 1988


Drowning by Numbers is a 1988 British film directed by Peter Greenaway. The story centers on three women — a grandmother, mother and daughter — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses each woman successively drowns her husband. One in a tin bath, one in the sea and in this clip Joely kills her hubby in a swimming pool.

The three Cissie Colpittses are played by Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, and Joely Richardson.

Jane Gurnett - "Drowning By Numbers" - 1988 - Scene 01


Jane Gurnett is probably most famous for her stint as Staff Nurse Rachel Longworth in the BBC's long running TV series "Casualty" between 1993 - 1996. However she has appeared in many popular British TV dramas. (IMDB listings for Jane)
In the following 4 clips, Jane Gurnett plays Nancy and this is where Joan Plowright kills her hubby in a tin bath.

Scene 1 DOWNLOAD

Jane Gurnett - "Drowning By Numbers" Sc 2


Scene 2 DOWNLOAD

Jane Gurnett - "Drowning By Numbers" Sc 3


Scene 3 DOWNLOAD

Jane Gurnett - "Drowning By Numbers" Sc4


Scene 4 DOWNLOAD

Tuesday 22 September 2009

Elizabeth Taylor - "Cleopatra" - (1963)


Cleopatra chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra VII, the young Queen of Egypt, to resist the imperialist ambitions of Rome. This was the highest grossing film of 1963, earning $26 million ($57.7 million total), yet it made a loss due to its cost of $44 million, making it the only film ever to be the highest grossing film of the year to run at a loss . . . . .  Here Liz takes a luxurious bath, how big is this bathroom!!

Monday 21 September 2009

Jayne Mansfield - "Promises Promises" - 1963


Promises! Promises! (also known as Promise Her Anything) is a 1963 unrated sex comedy in which, after a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find who the fathers are . . . . . . This was the first Hollywood motion picture, with sound, to feature a mainstream star - Jayne Mansfield - in the nude. Reportedly that credit was to go to Marilyn Monroe who shot a nude scene for the unfinished film "Something's Got to Give" in 1962 which you can also find on my blog.

Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Mitchell - "GIA" - 1998


 A 1998 movie based on the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970's . . .  Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) is a Philadelphia native who moves to New York City to become a fashion model and immediately catches the attention of powerful agent Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway). Gia's attitude and beauty help her rise quickly to the forefront of the modeling industry, but her persistent loneliness after the death of Wilhelmina drives her to experiment with mood-altering drugs like cocaine. In this clip Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Mitchell share the shower.

Jenny Agutter - "Walkabout" - 1971


Jenny Agutter in Nicolas Roegs' 1971 movie Walkabout. . . . . . This is my edit of Jenny in the swimming/bathing scene put to music using the original score by John Barry.

Monday 14 September 2009

Joan Collins and Sue Lloyd - "The Stud" - 1978


Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins) is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, Hobos, and partying. She hires a manager, Tony, to run her club, but it is understood that his job security is dependent on him satisfying her nymphomaniac demands. Tony loses interest in Fontaine, and turns his attention to her young step daughter, who uses him to get back at Fontaine for cheating on her father. This is a clip featuring Joan Collins and Sue Lloyd in the swimming pool scene.

Helen Mirren - "Age Of Consent" - 1969


Bradley Morahan (James Mason) is an Australian artist who feels he has become jaded by success and life in New York City. He decides that he needs to regain the edge he had as a young artist and returns to Australia. Once there, he sets up in a shack on the shore of a small, sparsely-inhabited island on the Great Barrier Reef were he meets up with young Cora Ryan (Helen Mirren). To help her save enough money to fulfill her dream of becoming a hairdresser in Brisbane, he pays her to be his model. She reinvigorates him, becoming his artistic muse.

This is a slowed down underwater scene I edited from the movie.