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:

Team Fuck was created to monitor exactly how the press and media covered the title of the film. They found it was done in all sorts of permutations - Fuck, F*ck, F**k, F*** and even ****. The only major newspaper to use the full name uncensored was in Victoria, British Columbia.

Goofs:

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

Quotes:

Janeane Garofalo:Would you like to have sexual congress with my vagina?

Movie Connections:

References "Red Shoe Diaries" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Fucking Fucking Fuck

Can expletives be boring?

It’s the Queen Mother of curse words, Although it’s been supplanted in some regards by the c-word (ask your parents), eff dash dash dash has far more uses - why, it’s probably the single most useful word in the universe, or at least the English language, since it can be used as a noun, an adjective, an adverb, an interjection, a verb, and so on. Seriously, let’s see your “the” and “thing” do that.

This documentary uses the bomb 857 times, so you know it’s not shying away from its subject matter. Pontificators from all sides of the spectrum weigh in on the word, from its uses in movies and songs to its origins and meanings to its use in the arena of politics (as famously used by the sitting Vice President on the floor of the Senate).

But in the end, it’s not as if anyone is going to be swayed one way or the other here. Those who think the word’s not all that bad (although perhaps shouldn’t be used anywhere, anytime) seem to make reasoned, thoughtful arguments, but the people watching this movie are probably on that side of the fence already, anyway. (By contrast, the more-conservative voices offering opinions come off as uptight jackasses who want to control everything.) Those interviewed include Janeane Garofolo, Billy Connolly, Bill Maher, Pat Boone, Sam Donaldson, Ice-T, Chuck D, John Crossley, Ron Jeremy, and Tera Patrick. All come off pretty well, doofy conservative arguments notwithstanding. But, man, is it just me, or does Billy Connolly look weirder every year? He looks like the Cowardly Lion on crack. Add in his sometimes unintelligble Scottish accent, and you get something you’d expect to find in the mines of Moria. That’s a Lord of the Rings reference, for you non-nerds out there.

Love Pat Boone, though, even when he comes off as a crusty old bastard. He said that he created a new word that he uses instead of cuss words - “boone.” Yep, he uses his own name. He drops something on his foot - “aw, BOONE!” Awesome. And then Ice-T, learning of this, agrees - he says he’s gonna boone his wife later that night.

It’s not a bad documentary, but it’s no great shakes, either. It actually feels a little tedious and repetitive and redundant after a while, because you’re like, “Okay, I get it! It's a bad word!”