Naked in the 21st Century (2004)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Tony T.L. Young

Writer:

Tony T.L. Young (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

The history of nudism and nudist films is contrasted with the nudist lifestyle today in this entertaining documentary. Also go behind the scenes on the making of a new naturist film, "The Naked Place." |

Plot Keywords:

Nudist | Naturism | Playboy | Female Nudity | Nudity

Cast

Athena Demos	...	Amber
Lena Yada	...	Herself
Christine Nguyen	...	Herself
Grayson Berry	...	Producer 1
Viet Huynh	...	Producer 2
Lea Downey	...	Casting Director
Lisa Ko	...	Herself
Tony T.L. Young	...	Director
Douglas Dunning	...	Librarian
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alix Agar	...	Herself
Gary B. Allan	...	Himself / Adult Dan
Eliane Chappuis	...	Bamboo Princess
Siu Wai Cheung	...	Herself (as Shelly Zhu)
Christopher Vera Cruz	...	Himself
Cori-Anne Greenhouse	...	Herself
Tamara Hambly	...	Christy Thompson
Walter Perez	...	Himself / Brian
Jillian Roppolo	...	Herself
Rich Rossi	...	Himself
Janna Savatchee	...	Herself
McKay Stewart	...	Devin (actor)
Mari Tanaka	...	Herself

Directed by
Tony T.L. Young

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tony T.L. Young		writer

Produced by
Justin Born	....	associate producer
Titus Y.H. Chong	....	co-executive producer
John Mitchell	....	executive producer
Edwin A. Santos	....	associate producer
Clinton H. Wallace	....	co-executive producer
Tony T.L. Young	....	producer

Film Editing by
Eve O'Neill

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andrew S. Lee	....	second unit co-director
Jamisin Matthews	....	second unit director

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Seidman	....	camera operator
Clinton H. Wallace	....	still photographer

Other crew
Dora Baldor	....	production assistant
Christian Cao	....	production assistant
Michelle Pincus	....	production assistant
Sunny Vudrag	....	production assistant
Clinton H. Wallace	....	publicity consultant

Distributors

• Pathfinder Pictures (2006) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

USA:55 min (extended edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

When the production team gathers around to narrow down their choices for the lead role, the casting director remark that actress Mari Tanaka was in a movie about a massage parlor, to which the team glibly replies, "Whatever." This is a reference to the film, "Soap Girl" which was written by Tony T. L. Young.

Quotes:

Amber: [outside audition studio] Sure are a lot of actors.
Devin: Yeah . . . and some of them actually have talent.

Movie Connections:

References The Unashamed (1938)

Low Budget but still stuck to the facts

Admittedly, this documentary was made on a low budget, and a lot of uncredited producers screwed the filmmaker over.

Still, it stuck to the facts about nudism and presented information you wouldn't find in your average (usually boring as hell) nudist documentaries.

And how do you judge acting when there is no context of a dramatic feature around it? It's not "Gone with the Wind," people.

A lot of young nudists like this film. Other reviews can be found. A lot of hardcore, old school nudists didn't. As for the non-nudists, this may be too much for you. Next time try sticking to the subject matter instead of trying to show off how clever you are when trashing someone else's work.