Naked World: America Undercover (2003) (TV)

Director:

Arlene Nelson

Release Date:

September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

One year. Seven continents. More than 6,000 naked people--all willing to bare all for Spencer Tunick in the name of art...

Cast

Spencer Tunick	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ron Kuby	...	Himself
Jonathan Porcelli	...	Himself
Alec Von Bargen	...	Himself

Directed by
Arlene Nelson		(as Arlene Donnelly Nelson)

Produced by
Nancy Abraham	....	supervising producer
Louise Barlow	....	supervising producer
Lisa Hepner	....	producer: Australia segment
Dave Linstrom	....	producer: Australia segment (as David Linstrom)
Arlene Nelson	....	producer (as Arlene Donnelly Nelson)
David Nelson	....	executive producer
Sheila Nevins	....	executive producer
Heather Ross	....	associate producer
Helen Hood Scheer	....	producer

Original Music by
Chris Hajian
Leigh Roberts

Cinematography by
Dave Linstrom		(as David Linstrom)
Arlene Nelson		(as Arlene Donnelly Nelson)

Film Editing by
Tom Donahue

Art Department
Mike Smith	....	graphics

Sound Department
Luiz Adelmo	....	sound recordist
Chris Aiken	....	sound editor
Stéphane Barsalou	....	sound recordist
Christopher Eakins	....	foley editor
Darryl L. Frank	....	sound mixer
Matt Hedges	....	sound editorial coordinator
Jeff Hodd	....	assistant sound engineer: South Africa
Matt Israel	....	assistant sound engineer: New York
Eddie Kim	....	sound editor
John Marcus	....	sound editor
John Marquis	....	dialogue editor
George Mavroenyi	....	assistant sound engineer: Australia
Joe Milner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joe Milner	....	supervising sound editor
Eryne Prine	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Vasey	....	assistant sound engineer: England (as Peter Vaisey)

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Albright	....	additional director of photography: New York, Canada
John Brawley	....	additional camera operator: Australia
John Chater	....	additional director of cinematography: England
Rod Coates	....	additional camera operator: Australia
Ermanno Dibiaggi	....	additional director of cinematography: Italy
Tom Donahue	....	camera operator: second unit, New York
Luke Everson	....	assistant camera: England
Mat Govoni	....	assistant camera: Australia
Graham Maunder	....	additional camera operator: England
Arnaldo Mesquita	....	additional director of photography: Brazil
Peter Nelson	....	additional director of photography: France/Ireland/Russia
Michel Petrin	....	additional director of cinematography: Montreal
Dario Salpietro	....	additional camera operator: Australia
Maurico Tabinica	....	assistant camera: Brazil

Editorial Department
Harry Johnson	....	colorist
Jill Schweitzer	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bob Brockman	....	music mixer
Charles Giordano	....	musician: accordions (as Charlie Giordano)
Chris Hajian	....	music mixer
Chris Hajian	....	music producer
Chris Hajian	....	musician: synthetic programming
Bashiri Johnson	....	musician: percussion
Will Lee	....	musician: bass
Andy Oyer	....	musician: electric guitar
Leigh Roberts	....	music mixer
Leigh Roberts	....	music producer
Leigh Roberts	....	musician: synthetic programming
Sasha Ross	....	music assistance
Larry Saltzman	....	musician: electric guitar & sitar, dobro and tiple
Helen Hood Scheer	....	co-music supervisor
Bernd Schoenhart	....	musician: electric and acoustic guitars
Jill Schweitzer	....	co-music supervisor

Other crew
Jamie Berger	....	office production assistant
Lia Brennan	....	location production assistant: Ireland
Atmadev Cornelius	....	title designer: main titles (as Atma Cornelius)
Heath Cozens	....	fixer: Japan
Heath Cozens	....	location translator: Japan
Jamilia Dawson	....	office production assistant
Alexis Fish	....	production coordinator
Peter Gloyne	....	location production assistant: South Africa
Jeremy Kahn	....	translation services
Rebecca Kritsch	....	fixer: Brazil
Rebecca Kritsch	....	location translator: Brazil
Mike Lister	....	office production assistant
Laura McIntosh	....	office production assistant
Sudipta Nandi	....	office production assistant
Ryan Nelson	....	key production assistant
Mary Posatko	....	office production assistant
Jonas Raible	....	translation services
Guillermo Rivetti Berna	....	location production assistant: Brazil
Tootsie Schreiber	....	transcriptor
Jennifer Sharpe	....	title designer: main titles
Bill Soule	....	office production assistant
Kat Sripathy	....	office production assistant
Larin Sullivan	....	office production assistant
Christopher Trela	....	attache: Antarctic
Asya Yevdokimova	....	fixer: Russia
Asya Yevdokimova	....	location translator: Russia

Thanks
Chhaya Bhanti	....	special thanks
Krissy Bowler	....	very special thanks
Laurence Cates	....	special thanks
Bill Chase	....	special thanks
Jodi Cohen	....	special thanks
Luis Dantos	....	special thanks
Mary Dinaburg	....	special thanks
Arthur Donnelly	....	special thanks
Rawia Edwards	....	special thanks
Andrew Einhorn	....	acknowledgment: additional footage provided by
Richard Farmer	....	special thanks
Jimmy Greenway	....	special thanks
Michael Halatyn	....	special thanks
Paul Hedge	....	special thanks
John Hoffman	....	special thanks
Justin Jay	....	special thanks
Paul Judelson	....	very special thanks
Ron Kuby	....	special thanks
Danielle Legentil	....	special thanks
Heather Love	....	special thanks
Sandra Marchand	....	special thanks
Kevin Maynard	....	special thanks
Ian McCausland	....	special thanks
Matthew Morgan	....	special thanks
Sean Mullens	....	special thanks
Jonathan Porcelli	....	very special thanks
Oliver Power	....	special thanks
Sally Roy	....	special thanks
Danielle Schleif	....	special thanks
Miria Swain	....	special thanks
Lars Ullberg	....	very special thanks
Nadya Vnoukov	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Juntos Films

Distributors

• Artv (2004) (Canada) (TV) (French version)
• Home Box Office (HBO)

Other Companies

• Arroyo Media  animation stand
• BBC Worldwide  media courtesy of
• Bao Paulo Bienal  media courtesy of
• Danetracks  soundmix facility
• Howard Fishman & David Matlot  legal services
• I-20 Gallery  media courtesy of
• Leif Steinwall  media courtesy of
• Mark P. Binder, Weston, Garrou & Dewitt  production legal services
• Oberman, Tivoli, Miller and Pickert  production accounting
• Post Group, The  online services
• Sergei Bugaev  media courtesy of
• Streamline Films  media courtesy of
• UCLA Language Department  translation services
• V & L International  translation services

Also Known As:

"Naked World" - USA (short title)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Definitely Not Porn...

It was 2 in the morning and I couldn't sleep even though I had to wake up in 7 hours. So I put on something called "Naked World" - which my DirecTV described as "An artist asks people to pose nude in the streets." Obviously, I was intrigued.

What I saw was NOT porn at all. Unless you consider 73 year old men standing naked in a field a good turn-on. And then, you have issues.

However, this was actually really good. This artist went around 7 continents (yeah, Antarctica also) and took pictures of random, common people (some good looking, some old, some the anti-supermodel) standing naked, in non-sexual poses.

It wasn't all nudity. It showed culture, reactions, and how everyone is diverse, yet we are all the same. Yeah it kinda had a message. Granted, the 400 people naked in the last scene was a little weird.

If you have time, check it out.

7/10.