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Scandal - UK Film (1989) - Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, John Hurt...
Scandal: Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. With John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen. Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
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Scandal is a 1989 British historical drama film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair that rocked the government of British prime minister Harold Macmillan. It stars Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler and John Hurt as Stephen Ward, personalities at the heart of the affair.
After becoming enchanted by a young exotic dancer, Christine Keeler (Joanne Whalley), an English doctor (John Hurt) invites her to live with him. Through his contacts and parties she and her friend (Bridget Fonda) meet and begin to date various members of the ruling Conservative Party. <br/><br/> When Christine’s affair with the Secretary of State for War John Profumo (Ian McKellen) goes ...
The sex in Scandal is quite explicit and there's plenty of nudity both male and female. In fact it was nearly slapped with an X rating for an orgy scene during which one of the background couples was actually having sex. The scene was trimmed and it received an R rating instead.
Joanne Whalley's husband at the time, Val Kilmer objected to his wife doing the nude scene. Harvey Weinstein hired a body double for the scene. When Joanne arrived on-set, she wasn't happy with how the double looked.
