The First Nudie Musical

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The First Nudie Musical
Directed by	Mark Haggard Bruce Kimmel
Produced by	Jack Reeves
Written by	Bruce Kimmel
Starring	Stephen Nathan Cindy Williams Bruce Kimmel Leslie Ackerman Alan Aberlew Diana Canova
Music by	Rene J. Hall
Cinematography	Douglas Knapp
Release date(s)	1976
Running time	97 minutes
Language	English
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The First Nudie Musical is a 1976 American motion picture directed by Mark Haggard and Bruce Kimmel.

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 comedy porno 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 Naked Space (originally titled Spaceship) in 1981.

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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.