The sex scene from Wild Orchid is included here most notably because it was used as an example for why the MPAA needed another cinema rating for films which were made for adults but did not deserve an “X” rating (usually reserved for pornography with scenes of blatantly unsimulated, explicit sex.) Subsequently the NC-17 rating was introduced in America, and later the flood of erotic thrillers making money at the box-office, the perfect Saturday night date flick.
Carre Otis and Mickey Rourke became romantically invloved during the making of the film (and later a six year marriage), which led to rumours that their love scenes were real, something both actors deny but the director remains ambiguous about. The love scenes are certainly hot for the time, I remember that apart from a Danish porno VHS my friend copied for me, this was the strongest display of sex I’d ever seen in a movie. I particularly like the use of sexy-jazz (as I call it) and tribal drums in this clip, saxin’ it up to the max!
This is one I remember from when I was 15, which was a time when casually watching a