Nude on the Moon
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| Directed by | Raymond Phelan Doris Wishman |
| Produced by | Martin Caplan Doris Wishman |
| Written by | Raymond Phelan Doris Wishman |
| Starring | Marietta William Mayer Lester Brown Pat Reilly Ira Magee |
| Music by | Daniel Hart Doc Severinsen |
| Cinematography | Raymond Phelan |
| Distributed by | J.E.R. Pictures Inc. |
| Release date(s) |  1961 |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| Language | English |
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Nude on the Moon is a 1961 sexploitation film co-written and co-directed by Doris Wishman and Raymond Phelan under the shared pseudonyms "O. O. Miller" and "Anthony Brooks". The film was produced in 1960 but was not released theatrically until 1961. Doris Wishman went on to become a significant female filmmaker and noteworthy director of sexploitation movies. Nude on the Moon is Wishman's second feature. She is also credited as the film's co-producer.
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[edit] Premise
It was one of a series of eight nudism-related films by Wishman. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, movies about nudism were a fairly common way to get nudity onto the big screen without it being considered pornography. With only so many ways to film nude volleyball, however, Wishman attempted to combat the potential tedium of the genre by combining a nudist film with a science fiction film. The bizarre result was Nude on the Moon.
[edit] Synopsis
Two scientists, Huntley and Nichols, inherit a large sum of money enabling them to complete a working moon rocket. They are private scientists and not part of NASA or any other space agency. They travel to the moon and discover that its surface is lush and bountiful of flora. Seeing a ladder propped up against a wall, they investigate and soon find themselves captured by a telepathic colony of lunar nudists (who are, in fact, topless rather than truly nude). Much of the film's plot deals with the scientists' collection of data and moon rocks, and their eventual attempts to return to Earth. Some scenes of the film were shot in Florida's Coral Castle.
[edit] Music
Nude on the Moon has an interesting musical soundtrack, especially for a relatively low-budget movie. The song "I'm Mooning Over You (My Little Moon Doll)" was sung by Ralph Young, who a year later would meet Tony Sandler and form Sandler and Young, a successful easy-listening duo. Future Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen also arranged the score for the film's theme song. It has been rumored that Doc Severinsen appears in the film, but he does not.
[edit] Legacy
Like many of Wishman's films, Nude on the Moon is considered a cult movie. References to it in pop culture include:
- Nude On The Moon, a 2-disc CD anthology of music by The B-52's, released on Rhino Records. The group's singer Fred Schneider was a friend of Wishman in her later years.
- "Nude on the Moon", a 1996 single by electronica duo Tipsy, also appears on the album Trip Tease. One of the remixes is called the "naked volleyball mix".
