Valeria Golino and her bellybutton in Hot Shots

MikeBrooklyn

Believe it or not, it's been 20 years since one of the best bellybutton related scenes in the history of movies. If you know of the movie, "Hot Shots" (a parody movie of "Top Gun"), then you'll know of the scene where they spoof "9 and 1/2 Weeks" when they made actress Valeria Golino pop an olive out of her bellybutton and catch it with her mouth. Here are two articles about the scene, written 20 years ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/06/movies/up-and-coming-valeria-golino-she-made-her-name-popping-an-olive.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=E-kCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false

And two photos in case you don't know what I'm talking about.

And a trailer for good measure.

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Admin

Arh the memories... beautiful post sir. The first time I saw this film, I couldn't believe it as this scene began to unfold in front before my very eyes. I almost felt like I was 'day dreaming' or something. It was a shock to my system tbh. I wanted to know how they did that olive trick!

Sodo

That and the Die Another Day scene with Halle Berry are two of my favorite scenes in a movie.

Dizzypow

Oh man the first time i saw this when i was a kid!!!

I know it's supposed to be funny, which it is, but it's also unbelievably SEXY!

Her navel seems to be pretty deep!

I can't believe they basically show that entire sequence in a trailer!

MikeBrooklyn

Yes, I remember when I was 12 and I saw that trailer for the first time. It blew my mind that such a scene was made for a movie! Needless to say, when that movie came out on VHS (and later on DVD), I watched that scene on a continuous loop.

And Sodo, I believe this is the Halle Berry scene in question.

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Sodo

Yes, yes it is. Her saying 'bellybutton' would have made that scene so amazing. *sigh*

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I love how you can see all the tiny little hairs around her bb. 8)