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Feature by: Jack Foley
IT SEEMS that not a week can go by without some magazine or PR
company churning out another of those 'best of...' lists.
The latest, however, is well worth considering, given the magical
movie moments it brings to mind as part of its Top 50 moments.
The poll belongs to Empire magazine and it concerns the Top 50
sexiest movie moments (with no actual sex in them).
The kind of scenes we're talking about include Salma Hayek's
snake charmer routine, in From Dusk Till Dawn (which came in at
50), Leonardo DiCaprio's 52-card pick up in Catch
Me If You Can (alongside Jennifer Garner, at no. 49) and John
Travolta's Twister routine, in Pulp
Fiction (no. 18).
There are some weird choices among them, of course, with Gladiator
making a bloody nod at 43, with the 'Are you not entertained?'
moment, and Clarice and Hannibal's 'first date', from Silence
of the Lambs, sitting, rather sickly, at no. 24.
But the top ten is ripe with genuinely sexy 'non-sex' moments
- those classic scenes where the thrill of the chase is far better
than the conquest itself.
Moments such as Vivian and Marlowe talking about horses in The
Big Sleep, or the swords and sorcery routine of The Mask of Zorro.
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The winner, however, was Out of Sight, which took in many a sassy
no-sex moment between George Clooney's bank robber, and Jennifer
Lopez's street-smart US Marshall.
I mean, who can forget that seduction sequence, as the two talk
about a 'time out' prior to getting together?
But the scene which sealed the number one spot, as chosen by
movie buffs, was the one in which they find themselves locked
together in the boot of a getaway car.
The pair do not even kiss, but their chemistry is apparent from
the word go, setting up the rest of the movie as only director,
Steven Soderbergh, knows how.
Empire itself stated that the scene is all about: "Flirting
for grown-ups by two of the most attractive people alive, with
a bit of hostage fantasy and sly bondage thrown in - what's not
to like?"
The full top 10 is as follows. Click on the Empire link to find
out the top 50...
Empire's Top Ten:
1 Out Of Sight - J-Lo and George Clooney get personal in the
boot of a getaway car
2 The Mask Of Zorro - Catherine Zeta Jones swordfights with Antonio
Banderas
3 Batman Returns - Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman wrestles with
Michael Keaton's hero
4 The Big Sleep - Steamy conversation between Humphrey Bogart
and Lauren Bacall
5 American Beauty - Mena Suvari does her cheerleader routine just
for Kevin Spacey
6 American Gigolo - Richard Gere gets dressed for a night on the
town
7 Viva Las Vegas - Ann-Margret partners Elvis on the dancefloor
8 Witness - Harrison Ford shares a longing look with Amish widow
Kelly McGillis
9 Grease - Olivia Newton-John's raunchy image change
10 One Night At McCool's - Liv Tyler gets soapy while washing
the car
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