Stars & Stripes - It was Halle Berry's first on-screen nude scene.
Halfway through "Swordfish," she lowers a book she's reading, exposing her breasts.
Said one reviewer on Amazon.com: "There is one redeeming feature about this film: the soundtrack. That, and you get to see Halle Berry naked."
So viewers on military bases throughout the world may have been surprised to see the dazzling Ms. Berry wearing a bikini in the infamous scene.
Blame the Federal Communications Commission, American mores and a PG-14 rating. But don't blame American Forces Entertainment, which aired the movie Wednesday.
"We are forbidden by Congress from censoring AFN programming in any way," wrote Sgt. 1st Class Gary L. Qualls Jr. from the AFN Broadcast Center in California, in response to a Stars and Stripes query.
But, he added, "CAFN, along with NBC, CBS and ABC must adhere to FCC 'over-the-air' broadcast standards relating to content. This means if a movie is to air on a TV station, it must meet certain standards for, among other things, language, nudity and sexual situations."
I suggest we start a petition to get Halle over to Iraq to show our boys what they missed out on. Which is also right here (WARNING: Nudity, duh.), should you care for a peek yourself.