Indeed, she often likes to deny that she ever had any involvement in it to begin with.

YouРІР‚в„ўre not fuckable enough.РІР‚в„ў Despite being Oscar-nominated for her performance, Debra has made no secret of the fact that she despises this movie. And she was far from happy about it.Р”Р„ccording to Charles Fleming, in his biography of producer Don Simpson titled РІР‚ВHigh ConceptРІР‚в„ў, the notoriously crass producer had allegedly told Debra at her audition that РІР‚Вthere may be somebody else for this part. Because she had not thought to ask for a РІР‚Вno nudityРІР‚в„ў clause in her contract, she was required to do the scene as written.

Prior to the commencement of the shoot, Debra had negotiated her own contract (no agent involved), before she had laid eyes on the revised script a script that now required her participation in a nude scene. The X- rating (box-office certain death) was changed to РІР‚ВRРІР‚в„ў. This had the desired effect and seemed to offset the censorsРІР‚в„ў concerns. Director Taylor Hackford and Paramount Pictures considered appealing the rating, but ultimately opted to РІР‚ВadjustРІР‚в„ў the scene by moving in from the wide shot to a much closer one. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) initially lumbered the picture with an X-rating because of the sex scene between Gere and Winger, in which Debra is lying on top of him and moving her hips in a way that the censors felt was simulating sexual intercourse. Gere & Winger in the scene that earned the initial X-rating Debra, as was universally predicted, proved to be no match for Meryl Streep who picked up the Best Actress Oscar for SophieРІР‚в„ўs Choice. In fact, his statuette was the first awarded to an African-American in any category since Sidney Poitier had won Best Actor for Lillies of the Field (1963). were Oscar-nominated for their performances, the latter becoming the first African-American to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. This film, the third highest grossing movie of 1982, would give Gere his biggest box-office success until Pretty Woman was to come along in 1990. Debra Winger meets and falls in love with Mayo and their relationship provides much of the substance for the other half of the pictureРІР‚в„ўs focus. Leading man Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, a navy brat with a bad attitude, who signs up for Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School and is put through the mill by Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.), whose job it is to train and evaluate candidates. Would you want to fly into combat with Zach Mayo or with Tom Cruise's Maverick in 'Top Gun'? Zach Mayo, hands down.This movie proved to be a box-office hit in 1982. The most riveting moment of the movie is when Foley is going to kick Zach out of the program and Gere frantically and desperately screams 'DON'T YOU DO THAT! I AIN'T GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!' All of Zach's arrogance is drained out of him and he is just a desperate kid begging for the only chance he'll ever have. Still one of the steamiest bed scenes in film history. The movie also had to snip out a couple of seconds of Winger flexing her hips a bit too much during a bed scene.

Supposedly the scene in which she is crying while making love to Zach isn't because she's feeling passion, it is because she is feeling humiliated. I had read that Winger had a real problem doing the nude scenes with Gere and felt very uncomfortable being undressed in front of the camera. Debra Winger is also delectable as Paula, Zach's working class girlfriend. steals the show and gets a deserved Oscar as Gunnery Sergeant Foley. It is impossible to think of anyone else in the role which is one indication of how good Gere was. I read once that his role of Zach Mayo was first offered to John Denver. This has to be Richard Gere's best movie and the one movie I felt he deserved an Oscar nomination for.

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