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Popular culture of 1979 was post-hippie, but not quite yuppie; post-disco, but not quite New Wave; and post-Star-Wars, but not quite completely infantilized by Steven Spielberg.

At local theaters (which were not quite all multiplexes—yet), Hollywood continued to present movies for adults: mature stories for grown-up people featuring adult themes, adult story lines, and that most quintessentially adult artistic flourish—nudity.

With home video still a few years in the future, grindhouses and drive-ins surged toward a crescendo, showcasing an explosion of exploitation that was also patently adult but not, to be sure, mature.

Let’s look now at some of our favorite nude scenes from 1979—eleven, in total, in honor of the rating Dudley Moore actually awards to Bo Derek in the movie 10.

Blake Edwards’s 10, a true classic of the sex comedy genre and a cultural milestone, finally got an official DVD release on this day in 2004.

Anyone who was alive at the time and not in a coma will remember 10 as the first time the t&a of iconic babe Bo Derek graced the screen. With her braids, and her titular body type, Bo steals the show.


In this, her first nude outing, Bo only reveals her rack and rump. But, as fans know, she was only getting warmed up for her full-frontal appearances in the skinstant classics Ghosts Can’t Do It, Bolero, and Woman of Desire.

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