The Full Monty (1997)

Director:

Peter Cattaneo

Writer:

Simon Beaufoy (written by)

Release Date:

13 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go....

Plot:

Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.

Plot Keywords:

Unemployment | Dance | Nudity | Friend | Striptease

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 33 wins & 26 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Carlyle	...	Gaz
Mark Addy	...	David aka Dave
William Snape	...	Nathan
Steve Huison	...	Lomper
Tom Wilkinson	...	Gerald
Paul Barber	...	Horse
Hugo Speer	...	Guy
Lesley Sharp	...	Jean
Emily Woof	...	Mandy
Deirdre Costello	...	Linda
Paul Butterworth	...	Barry
Dave Hill	...	Alan
Bruce Jones	...	Reg
Andrew Livingston	...	Terry (as Andrew Livingstone)
Vinny Dhillon	...	Sharon

Also Known As:

Eggs, Beans and Chippendales (UK) (working title)
No Man's Land (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some nudity.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35028) | France:U | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Norway:7 | Denmark:A | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 (bw) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15

Filming Locations:

ASDA Supermarket, Orgreave Way, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Redwave Films

Trivia:

In November 1998, Prince Charles re-enacted the unemployment office scene on national television with some young members of the Prince's Trust.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the team is supposed to watch the movie Flashdance, they are watching the music video of the theme song "What a Feeling" by Irene Cara instead.

Quotes:

Gaz: Off to Job Club then?
Gerald: As a matter of fact, yes I bloody well am!
[he turns to Dave, who is still holding one of his garden gnomes]
Gerald: Put that back! *PUT* it back!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Baghead (2008)

Soundtrack:

You Sexy Thing

Funny and touching

When this got praised all over the place, I avoided seeing it at first because I was afraid it would be a letdown. But it's not, not in any way. This continues a tradition of sorts; while back in the 50's and early 60's, the British were known for their kitchen-sink, angry young man dramas (like "Room at the Top" or "Look Back in Anger"), now they seem to be putting comic spins on them, and it's working. Not only do you laugh (especially when Horse is at the Unemployment Office after the videotape of them dancing has been released to the public, and when he says he hasn't been up to anything, the clerk says, "That's not what I heard"), but the characters and where they come from are taken seriously and are three dimensional, so you care about them. The humor comes from real situations, not sitcom humor. A real winner!