Fuck (2005)

Director:

Steve Anderson

Release Date:

10 November 2006 (USA)

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:

Profanity In Title | Social Issues | Emotion | History | Meaning

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
Bill Maher	...	Himself
Dave Marsh	...	Himself
Judith Martin	...	Miss Manners
Michael Medved	...	Himself
David Milch	...	Himself
Alanis Morissette	...	Herself
Geoffrey Nunberg	...	Himself
Jim O'Connor	...	Himself (as James O'Connor)
Tera Patrick	...	Herself
Robert W. Peters	...	Himself
Dennis Prager	...	Himself
Evan Seinfeld	...	Himself
David Shaw	...	Himself
David Skover	...	Himself
Kevin Smith	...	Himself
Hunter S. Thompson	...	Himself
Sandra Tsing Loh	...	Herself
Michelle Krusiec	...	Jane (voice)
Steve Anderson	...	Dick (voice)
Steve Anderson	...	Dick (voice)
Andre Fontanelle	...	Bartender (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lenny Bruce	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Carlin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nick Dash	...	Himself (uncredited)
Janet Jackson	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Murphy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Justin Timberlake	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Anderson

Produced by
Steve Anderson	....	producer
Richard Ardi	....	executive producer
Christine Beebe	....	co-producer
Gregg L. Daniel	....	executive producer
Steven G. Kaplan	....	executive producer
Ian Kennedy	....	co-producer
Bruce Leiserowitz	....	executive producer
Christine A. Pechera	....	co-producer
Jory Weitz	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Carvin Knowles

Cinematography by
Andre Fontanelle

Film Editing by
Jayne Rodericks

Sound Department
Don Caron	....	supervising sound editor

Animation Department
Bill Plympton	....	animator

Editorial Department
Jason A. Payne	....	additional editor
Jason A. Payne	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Dondi Bastone	....	music supervisor

Thanks
Mirjam Kositchek	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Bad Apple Films
• Mudflap Films
• Rainstorm Entertainment

Distributors

• 21st Century Pictures (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Amuse Soft Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Moviola (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• THINKFilm (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• THINKFilm (2006) (worldwide) (all media)

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:

South Korea:18 | Canada:R (Ontario) | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Australia:R (2006) | Japan:R-18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bad Apple Films

Trivia:

The word "fuck" and its variations are used 857 times throughout this 90 minute documentary, making an average 9.52 f-words a minute.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Features "The Sopranos: Pilot (#1.1)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Fuck tha Police

Interesting but too long

While this f*cking documentary (har har) is interesting and informative, even at 90 minutes it runs a little long for my tastes. I gradually found myself getting bored by the subject matter. This could have been a thorough examination of our culture of censorship over time, but instead only touched on those subjects in a superficial way. Most of the film was spent in a lighthearted and comical fashion, which suits the way they tackled the subject.

The best parts of the film are the interview subjects, which are entertaining for several reasons. Often, when they are actors or comedians, they are always "on" and funny for the most part. Some, like Pat Boone, are unintentionally hilarious, along with the likes of Michael Medved, both of whom seem to advocate limiting the eponymous word in some way.

Recommended for a once over, but only for amusement. I don't think I'll be revisiting this anytime soon.