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Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:00 AM

The dong show: Top 10 moments in male full-frontal

Ewan McGregor! Jason Segel! Vincent Gallo! The men who dared to put the penis in pop culture

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Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:14 AM

oh and just to be clear NOBODY has EVER seen a vagina in a non x-rated movie EVER

they may have seen some associated structures on rare occasions.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:10 AM

You didn't mention what I think may be the most significant one "Lie with Me"

The full frontal wasn't really emphasized although it was there, but it was a real movie with real actors with a lot (well some) actress hand on hard cock action.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 11:26 PM

MOVIE MAGIC

I believe both Gérard Depardieu in "The Last Woman" and Mark Wahlberg in "Boogies Nights" wore prosthetics.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 11:00 PM

Men don't like it because it implies your gay

mostly, male full frontal nudity is for gays anyway. Women would rather seeing each other naked. Look at women's magazines. nudity all over the place.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:51 PM

Don't forget

(try as we might) that scene in Eastern Promises.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:36 PM

Fun!

Kevin Bacon, Richard Gere, Harvey Keitel, Christian Bale and Tim Robbins have all done full frontal. Even if it may have been just a peek. I agree there needs to be some more of this. Who's next?

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:18 PM

Hello! Chris Meloni in Oz!

There were so many full frontals of him on Oz that when I meant him by chance on the streets of New York on the Upper West Side, I instinctively looked down at his crotch! True story!!!!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:14 PM

Michael Pitt

The Dreamers

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 09:50 PM

Anybody see the 1995 British film

Angels and Insects? The actor playing Patsy Kensit's brother is shown jumping out of bed with a nearly erect penis.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 09:34 PM

Stephen Dorff

"Shadowboxer" - although it may be the same prosthetic used in "Boogie Nights". But still.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 09:25 PM

Don't forget "Teeth"

You see lots of frontal -- only it's not connected to the full.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 09:11 PM

Bad editor! Bad censor!

I hope there were furious arguments about the censoring of the very subject of this article in the video compilation.

I mean, clearly whomever have final say made the wrong decision. I just hope that there were others who knew that and made the point out loud.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 08:59 PM

The issue

You don't see it, as mentioned, not because men are squeamish about seeing other dicks, it's because the dick cannot be evaluated as a symbol of manhood or virility or desirability or whatever when it is flaccid. (If you were a male star wouldn't you want to put your best foot forward, so to speak?) And a penis in a state of arousal will never get a rating suitable for general release. Women's parts, on the contrary, need not be aroused to be appreciated fully.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 08:59 PM

@gaimangirl

Can't really go along with you on Keitel, but that's OK... we're in full agreement on Neil Gaiman.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 08:46 PM

hmm...

So am I the only one that thinks Harvey Keitel is kinda hot?

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 08:44 PM

Let's face it

The only men who have trouble with seeing other men in the altogether are the Conservative family values types: Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, etc. who seem to be afraid they won't be able to hide their arousal if such things are allowed to be publicly seen in movie theaters across the nation.

And of course conservative women of the Phyllis Schlafly, Ann Coulter, type who seem to find the very idea that men have genitals to be repulsive and don't want to be reminded that, except for the reality that tab "a" fits into slot "a" none of them would be here. "Once before each child" (and no more) and all that. No wonder so many "conservative" men have to have girlfriends or boyfriends on the side.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 08:43 PM

trudy:

Bruce's Willis supposedly appeared in the crappy erotic thriller (which is the just best name for a genre ever) "The Color of Night." I've only seen it on cable, and not all of it, so I don't know for a fact if this is true or not. "Sideways" has probably the most hilarious use of penis ever, although I did like "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."

Isn't there some quality (and highly disturbing) Dafoe in the new "Antichrist?"

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 08:40 PM

A couple more...

How about Sarsgaard's peter in "Kinsey," or William Hurt's memorable silhouette in "Broadcast News"?

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 08:37 PM

What about erect penises ? (penii?)

I don't think I have ever seen a fully erect penis in even an art house movie, let alone a main stream one.

And therein lies a lot of the issues I suspect. Fully erect penises are an unambiguous in-your-face sign of sexual arousal and desire - that just won't do. Flaccid penises just look silly :) and don't particularly appeal to men or women, except as an object of humour. So you're unlikely to see a penis unless its for comedic effect.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:47 PM

*who* is uncomfortable about full frontal?

You make a very good point - there is a blatant double standard when it comes to nudity and it no doubt is because guys get uncomfortable seeing male genitals exposed (hmm... maybe women feel that way about female full frontal...) but I agree with Monkey Pants: why did YOU (the authors) feel the need to censor your video clips, especially when you already give an "NSFW" warning?

Are our male egos really that fragile? Get over it.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:42 PM

What about Sideways?

I know it was a Super Deep movie, but pretty much all I remember about it is the naked old guy running toward the Saab as what's-his-name peeled away from the house with his friend's wallet...

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:40 PM

What about almost all porn?

Or are YOU too squeamish?

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:34 PM

full frontal?

how could you forget the Teletubbies!?!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:29 PM

Down with your banner ads!

Your "Concert Club" ads are the most audibly obnoxious ads I've ever encountered on the web. If I come back on this site one more time, and get blasted out of my fucking chair on behalf of your commerce, it will be the last time I use your site.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:25 PM

"it probably has something to do with men's discomfort seeing other men's bodies on a movie screen"

I wonder if it also has to do with the simple fact that for the most part, on average most men don't live up to the hype. How many hollywood actors would make the big time (ha ha) if in addition to all their charisma they also had to have big dicks? Most male hollywood stars are portrayed and hyped as being larger than life men. Manly men, men's men, etc... But if someone like, oh say, Brad Pitt, had a quarter-inch-killer, by our societies standards would, I bet, kill his career, if top men were expected to show their dicks as much as top women are expected to show their breasts or asses.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 07:04 PM

Belly of an Architect

Another Peter Greenaway film, wasn't there at least one delicious full frontal in "The Belly of an Architect"?

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 06:53 PM

Hmm, well....

Is the writer trying to be ironic by stating that men tend to be squeamish seeing other men's bodies (a factoid not borne out by mainstream pornography) but then writing about it with "eeewww, icky!" sentiment. "Blue super junk?" Isn't this just perpetuating the concept of male nudity being, well, icky?

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