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 | Interview | 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
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:
Jim Beaver	...	Ellsworth (archive footage)
Lenny Bruce	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Carlin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nick Dash	...	Himself (uncredited)
Janet Jackson	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Lamb	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Murphy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Justin Timberlake	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Zappa	...	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
Palmyra Delran	....	guitar: vocals

Thanks
Mirjam Kositchek	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Bad Apple Films
• Mudflap Films
• Rainstorm Entertainment

Distributors

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

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) | USA:Unrated | Portugal:M/16

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.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The narration says that "fucking" in the phrase "fucking brilliant" is an adjective, but it's an adverb.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Features South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Soundtrack:

Chicken Rhythm

Excellent Discussion of Language

F*ck is a very entertaining and interesting documentary describing the use and abuse of the word in the English language. Of course, the word is used many times and in many ways (noun, verb, etc.). Experts discussing their experience with the word f*ck include liberals, conservatives, a 'cunning linguist', comedians, porn stars and Miss Manners.

The film is balanced and informative. It shows how positive energy is released while using the word f*ck. As well, discussed are appropriate ways to express frustration and copulation. Further, F*ck, offers a new swear word: "Boone", as in Pat Boone, who shines as an expert is verbal repression.

At Hotdocs film festival 2006, where I saw this film, the audience received it very well and everybody begins discussing and giggling again as they leave the theater. This is the kind of movie you see and imagine discussions on other similar words.