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    I was surprised to find this cheap exploitation film as the first of Francis Ford Coppola's credits, not one that he will freely talk about obviously but certainly showing what was inside Francis's rainbow long before he made "The Godfather". there is absolutely no plot line, just a series of stories told by a bunch of men sitting around a showroom table in Las Vegas about how men went looking at women always see them topless no matter what they are wearing.

    While some of these stories have humorous elements about them, it's nothing more than an excuse for women to prance around without their blouses. The first segment, seemingly set in the old west, has a young cowboy out in the desert, suddenly coming across a nude woman among the cactus and tumbleweeds and later encountering women in various states of undress in a saloon, seeing them topless no matter what they are actually wearing. he is out of their very fast, apparently back to his mother, so he can get these dirty thoughts out of his head.

    The sequences that follow this are basically more of the same, and while the women are certainly buxom and beautiful, they really don't say a word to give them any personality outside of what's below their neck. Cheaply made with faded color and basically no script other than the ugling old men who tell the stories, this isn't even worth seeing if you have to see all of Coppola's films. Nothing to recommend in the editing or photography or music or sound either. Most viewers probably won't make it past half an hour.
  • Everyone has their roots, you and I have them, and quite clearly, Francis Coppola has his. Pretty typical of the nudie cuties made in the early sixties... I would say this is 'better' than many made titty films made then, clearly not Russ Meyers though; but he was a freak. It's better 'made' than many titties churned out then, by which I mean he was already showing that he new how to film, make it look good even on a low budget. Good to see Jack Hill's name on the credit. I wonder if they still talk? Maybe Francis could chip in a few bucks to get Mr Hill's career back on track; loved Jack's drive in movies of the seventies. As for Coppola, I've got to agree with another reviewer; this is better than 'Jack'. What was he thinking when he made that crud? Did he have a thing for Fran Drescher or something? Anyway, this is cute, looks tame these days, just some flouncy boobs and stuff, innocent times.....
  • Yes, it's true, Coppola made "Nudie Cutie" before "Dementia 13"! It's no worse or better than other skinflicks of the late 50's/early 60's but it's certainly ain't no "Immoral Mr. Teas" or "Kiss Me Quick". This western angle is interesting cuz Russ Meyer made "Wild Girls Of The Naked West" the same year! B-movie god, Jack Hill ("Spider Baby", "Big Doll House", "Coffy" etc.), helped Francis with this one. Ah, nothing is funnier than diggin' up major directors' "well buried" skeletons. He shouldn't be ashamed, though, cuz at least it's better than the pathetic "Jack"!!
  • Tonight for Sure (1962)

    ** (out of 4)

    The Las Vegas strip is the setting as a high class man and a poor miner sit down and tell each other stories. All of these stories center around naked women.

    That's pretty much the only "story" there is to this nudie that is best remembered today for it being an early film by Francis Ford Coppola. Yes, the man who would go on to make THE GODFATHER trilogy got his start with a nudie. In case you're not familiar with what that is, it's basically an ultra-cheap and low-budget movie that's only made to show women naked so that men will pay money to see it.

    This film certainly isn't any different than the dozens of other nudies out there. We barely have any sort of story and instead of one we just get countless reasons for women to appear naked. There's all sorts of nudity scattered throughout the 65-minute running time but I will give Coppola some credit as he at least tried to make the film "look" better than your typical nudie. Jack Hill served as cinematographer and his work is certainly a notch above what you'd normally see.