Full Frontal (2002)

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writer:

Coleman Hough

Stars:

David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, David Hyde Pierce

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Duchovny	...	Gus
Nicky Katt	...	Hitler
Catherine Keener	...	Lee
Mary McCormack	...	Linda
David Hyde Pierce	...	Carl
Julia Roberts	...	Francesca / Catherine
Blair Underwood	...	Calvin / Nicholas
Enrico Colantoni	...	Arty / Ed
Erika Alexander	...	Lucy
Tracy Vilar	...	Heather
Brandon Keener	...	Francesca's Assistant
Jeff Garlin	...	Harvey, probably
David Alan Basche	...	Nicholas's Agent
Terence Stamp	...	Man on Plane / Himself
Nancy Lenehan	...	Woman on Plane

Storyline

Arty film-within-a-film revolves around seven people with little in common whose lives collide.

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Plot Keywords:

birthday | friend | birthday party | film within a film | party | 

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Taglines:

Everybody Needs A Release

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

fullfrontal.com [us] Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (Italy)

Also Known As:

How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire

Filming Locations:

Beverly Blvd. at Vista, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$739,834 (USA) (2 August 2002)

Gross:

$2,506,446 (USA) (20 September 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax Films, Monophonic Inc., Populist Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The crew member whose face is covered by the black square is actually Steven Soderbergh. They were unable to find another director to play the part so he stepped in, reluctantly, and shows this by covering his face in post production with a black square.

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Goofs

Catherine's black notebook and pen suddenly appear on the airplane armrest between shots, after her tape player clicks.

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Quotes

[from the trailer]
Carl: You can't pretend that you are having sex with someone, when you are actually having sex with them.

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits for the movie. Instead, opening credits are shown for the "movie within the movie".

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Connections

References Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Do Something Real"
Performed by Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard (as Douglas Gillard)
Composed by Robert Pollard (as Robert E. Pollard Jr.)
Courtesy Guided By Voices

User Reviews

A Huge Waste of Talented People

`Full Frontal' is maybe my greatest deception this year. Directed by Steven Soderbergh and having such a cast, I would not believe that the film could be such a crap. There are lots of characters, but none of them is well developed. Therefore, the viewer sees many famous actors and actresses on the screen and is not able to understand who they are, what are their motives, where they are. The plot is very confused, and some actors and actresses perform more than one role. The image and photography are horrible, using a kind of fake Dogma '95 style. I do not know how such talented people could be part of such a mess: friendship or big money? Anyway, a huge waste of talented people and of my time and money, in a film that never works. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): `Full Frontal'