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:

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

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Taglines:

Chance Meetings. Steamy Interludes. Sizzling Secrets.

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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 [United States] 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

To keep costs down, a large portion of the film was shot digitally using Canon's XL1s MiniDV series cameras. Scenes involving Blair Underwood's interview with Julia Roberts were shot on film. See also: 28 Days Later....

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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

Catherine: Oh, eww, this arugal is so bitter! It'l like my algebra teacher on my bread!

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Crazy Credits

Brad Pitt is credited as playing 2 characters: "Brad Pitt" and "Himself".

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Connections

Spoofs The Sound and the Fury (1959)

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Soundtracks

"La Mappemonde"
Composed and Orchestrated by Jacques Davidovici
Published by Les Editions du Quartier (Administered by Marada USA/Criterion Music Corp.)

User Reviews

I loved it

I was surprised by how much I actually enjoyed FULL FRONTAL. I'm not a big Steven Soderbergh fan and only heard bad things about this film so when I rented it, I was expecting more of Soderbergh's pointless films, like KAFKA, and instead was totally engrossed with the movie, the characters and mostly the hypnotic style and direction. Aside from the ending (the party scenes) and the unconvincing storyline with David Hyde Pierce, I liked everything else. I was mesmerized from beginning to end.

The great thing is how quiet this movie is. Movies are so noisy these days, mostly in order to numb people's mind to hide the fact they don't have anything more than visuals, watching FULL FRONTAL was like a cinematic vacation.

Beautifully shot, clever and at times engrossing (the Catherine keener storyline was my favorite). It's sad to see few people "got " this film.