A Conversation for 'The Wicker Man' - the Film
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Jan 15, 2002
In a recent interview on TV, Britt Ekland stated that her contract specifically stated there would be no "buttock shots", with all nudity being above the waist, and she was promised that no body double would be used. The shots were filmed in secret, and the first she knew about it was when she saw the film at a public premiere... She was *not* happy. Her reaction was something to the effect of "I was on screen, and suddenly a woman with a fat arse and a bad blonde wig was there instead!" 
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jan 15, 2002
She tells no lie.
The body double in question was a local stripper, who was smuggled onto the set.
She proved very popular with the crew and was kept around for some time after her filming was finished, by all accounts.
I cannot imagine why.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 15, 2002
According to the same documentary, the stripper in question wasn't local - they sent a limo to pick her up from London...
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jan 15, 2002
Having checked Allan Brown's definitive "Inside the Wicker Man", London it is.
Named as a 'Miss Peter' by the choreographer. She also apparently insisted in rehearsing in the nude.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jan 15, 2002
So did I - apparently Britt disagrees...
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 15, 2002
Having now fully read 'Inside the Wicker Man', the story os contradictory, depending on whic crew member is telling the tale.
Many confirm that the stripper was a local girl to the shoot, and that she was kept on the set for several days past her final shots being done.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 15, 2002
Perhaps the choreographer was just being gallant and trying to keep her identity a secret from the locals, in case they burnt her in a huge wicker effigy...
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Jul 16, 2002
What's this about no nudity! Britt seems to have developed a selective conscious, I might be wrong, but I seem to remember her getting her kit off in both The Night They Raided Minsky's and Get Carter.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 16, 2002
No you didn't.
Sorry, but both were artfully shot to give the appearance, not the fact.
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Tam Posted Jul 16, 2002
Great memory! I saw The Night They Raided Minsky's way, way back and, thinking about it,yep, she did doff her dresses.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 16, 2002
She specifically goes out of her way in the three sentences that she said to Brown for 'Inside...' that she had never done nudity.
Hardly likely to have become such an issue if she had already done it.
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Jul 16, 2002
I'm going out on a limb, but in The Night They Raided Minsky's Britt briefly bared her breasts, at which oint Jason Robards ditched her and walked off and the Police Chief dropped his whistle!
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 16, 2002
Breasts is different to full nudity, which is what her complaint was about The Wicker Man.
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Jul 16, 2002
I'm going to use that line next time I'm on the pull!
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Awix Posted Jul 17, 2002
Having seen all three films I'm pretty certain that in all three cases Britt's, er, nips are never in the same shot as her face (they're normally in close-up). Which to my mind is always a clear sign that stunt nips have been deployed!
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Awix Posted Jul 18, 2002
Please disregard the previous. Some strange force compelled me to blather on entirely inaccurately, which I realised almost the exact moment I hit the 'post message' button...
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 19, 2002
So nothing's cahnged in your life recently then Awix?
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Awix Posted Jul 19, 2002
If it wasn't for the smiley I'd be throwing down a gauntlet right about now!
Uh, well, plus ca change and all that.
(Definitely stunt nips in Minsky's, though...)
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 15, 2002)
- 2: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jan 15, 2002)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 15, 2002)
- 4: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jan 15, 2002)
- 5: I'm not really here (Jan 15, 2002)
- 6: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jan 15, 2002)
- 7: Tam (Jul 15, 2002)
- 8: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jul 15, 2002)
- 9: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 15, 2002)
- 10: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Jul 16, 2002)
- 11: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jul 16, 2002)
- 12: Tam (Jul 16, 2002)
- 13: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jul 16, 2002)
- 14: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Jul 16, 2002)
- 15: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jul 16, 2002)
- 16: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Jul 16, 2002)
- 17: Awix (Jul 17, 2002)
- 18: Awix (Jul 18, 2002)
- 19: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jul 19, 2002)
- 20: Awix (Jul 19, 2002)
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