The nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and we must admit, we're a bit disappointed. With the field for best picture expanded to ten films this year, we thought the race was destined to be packed with movie nudity. But to our surprise, only two of the ten movies nominated for best picture (A Serious Man and Up in the Air) contain female nudity. And one of them used a body double!
Last year, only five films were nominated, and still two featured bare actresses, with one (The Reader) containing some of the best nudity of Kate Winslet's very very nude career. (The other was Cate Blanchett's butt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.) So what went wrong in 2009? Did high cinema not contain enough cinemams? Or did the Academy overlook nudeworthy performances? Let us know what you think in the comments.
And while Vera Farmiga's body doubled butt was the only female nudity to be honored with an acting nod, most of the nominees have stripped on screen.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penlope Cruz for Nine
Nude roles: 13
Best nude performance: Jamn, jamn (1992)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air
Nude roles: 8
Best nude performance: Never Forever (2007)
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart
Nude roles: 4
Best nude performance: Strip Search (2004)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Nude roles: 3
Best nude performance: Fire on the Amazon (1993)
Helen Mirren for The Last Station
Nude roles: 13
Best nude performance: Savage Messiah (1972)
Carey Mulligan for An Education
Nude roles: 2
Best nude performance: When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
Meryl Streep for Julie Julia
Nude roles: 4
Best nude performance: Silkwood (1983)
