Every so often a nude scene gets paired with a song that, for better or worse, ends up making it that much more memorable, and today’s combo goes together just like the ingredients of the perfect cocktail. Get ready to drink in the sight of Elizabeth Shue’s bare breasts and the sound of a solo Don Henley in Leaving Las Vegas!
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Elisabeth Shue Nude in Leaving Las Vegas
Thirty years ago, Nicolas Cage turned in an Oscar-winning performance as an alcoholic screenwriter on an epic downward spiral. In his attempt to drink himself to death in Sin City, he’s joined by Elisabeth Shue as Sera, a sex worker under the thumb of a Russian low-life (Julian Sands). At about an hour and twenty minutes into the film, while lounging poolside at a desert getaway, Elisabeth slips off the straps of her swimsuit and and douses her uncovered C-cups with tequila so he can suck them dry.
Ironically, this is exactly the scenario he painted earlier while at the bank. Standing in line and shouting into a recording device, he stares at Law Order’s Carey Lowell in a blonde wig and talks about her pouring bourbon on her naked body and having him drink it off her. But it’s Elisabeth who actually does it, which is one reason why they work so well together.
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But the other thing that makes the scene a winner is the soundtrack. Elisabeth’s boozy bosom is accompanied by Eagles frontman Don Henley crooning a cover of “Come Rain or Come Shine.” The Broadway show tune that became a jazz standard has some well-timed lyrics - “you’re gonna love me like no one’s loved me/come rain or some shine/happy together/unhappy together/and wouldn’t it be fine.” Fine is exactly how we’d describe Elisabeth’s exposed rack and it supports the long-held belief of Skin Central that the quickest way to a man’s heart is through a set of nude knockers!
Elisabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas
01:19:42 Fantastic close-ups of Shue's shakers as she pours tequila on her naked chest and has Nicolas Cage lick 'em clean. (51 secs)
The song shows up earlier the morning after their first night together, so it’s kind of their theme song by this point (well, that and Sting’s version of “My One and Only Love,” which also plays several times throughout). If we were gamblers, we’d say this is a Shue-in for one of Elisabeth’s best nude moments!
