Fuck (2005)

Director:

Steve Anderson

Release Date:

10 November 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

The movie that dare not speak its name

Plot:

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

Plot Keywords:

Word | Free Speech | Controversial | F Word | Comedian

Cast

Reinhold Aman	...	Himself
Steven Bochco	...	Himself
Pat Boone	...	Himself
Benjamin C. Bradlee	...	Himself (as Ben Bradlee)
Drew Carey	...	Himself
Chuck D.	...	Himself
Billy Connolly	...	Himself
John Crossley	...	Himself
Sam Donaldson	...	Himself
Janeane Garofalo	...	Herself
Ice-T	...	Himself
Timothy Jay	...	Himself
Ron Jeremy	...	Himself
Alan Keyes	...	Himself
Janet LaRue	...	Herself

Also Known As:

F*ck (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:R (Alberta/Ontario) | Australia:R (2006) | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Japan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 | Iceland:7 | Canada:18+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bad Apple Films

Trivia:

According to the film makers, if it was broadcast uncensored on network television; the FCC fines would reach over 200 million dollars.

Quotes:

Ice-T: Eve bent over and, you know, Adam hit that.

Movie Connections:

Features All the President's Men (1976)

Soundtrack:

A Chat with Your Mother

Serious but funny documentary with careful editing and graphics

This movie works at multiple levels, is well directed and has cute animation sequences by Plympton. It contains some very interesting interviews with a huge range of opinions and social commentary. You may be surprised at the diversity of views. And you'd have to be insanely up-tight not to enjoy the humor. The person I saw this movie with was all ready to be negative about it - she really doesn't like "dirty" language. But the mix of serious academic people, famous personalities and the great inter-cutting of the interviews kept her attention through the movie. This isn't a short movie either - but there is so much material to cover, you end up really respecting what F*ck does (the irony is that IMDb's software won't let me use the actual word), which is to provoke thought about a simple word that breaks our society more or less into two camps. The idea that one word could so clearly illustrate the "culture wars" between the religious right verses the rational middle is an amazing thing. Go see it and talk to everybody you know about the real meaning of freedom and culture!