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Full Frontal

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  • 1h 41m
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4.7/10
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Full Frontal (2002)
Home Video Trailer from Miramax
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  • Comedy
  • Romance
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
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  • Director
    • Steven Soderbergh
  • Writer
    • Coleman Hough
  • Stars
    • Julia Roberts
    • David Hyde Pierce
    • David Duchovny
Top credits
  • Director
    • Steven Soderbergh
  • Writer
    • Coleman Hough
  • Stars
    • Julia Roberts
    • David Hyde Pierce
    • David Duchovny
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 169User reviews
    • 104Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Full Frontal
    Trailer 0:49
    Full Frontal
    Full Frontal
    Trailer 0:48
    Full Frontal

    Photos37

    Julia Roberts and Blair Underwood in Full Frontal (2002)
    Julia Roberts and Blair Underwood in Full Frontal (2002)
    Julia Roberts in Full Frontal (2002)
    Blair Underwood in Full Frontal (2002)
    Julia Roberts and Blair Underwood in Full Frontal (2002)
    Julia Roberts and Blair Underwood in Full Frontal (2002)
    Catherine Keener in Full Frontal (2002)
    Blair Underwood and Julia Roberts in Steven Soderbergh's FULL FRONTAL.
    Catherine Keener in Full Frontal (2002)
    Steven Soderbergh in Full Frontal (2002)
    Steven Soderbergh at an event for Full Frontal (2002)
    Steven Soderbergh at an event for Full Frontal (2002)

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    Julia Roberts
    Julia Roberts
    • Francescaas Francesca…
    David Hyde Pierce
    David Hyde Pierce
    • Carlas Carl
    David Duchovny
    David Duchovny
    • Gusas Gus
    Nicky Katt
    Nicky Katt
    • Hitleras Hitler
    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Leeas Lee
    Mary McCormack
    Mary McCormack
    • Lindaas Linda
    Blair Underwood
    Blair Underwood
    • Calvinas Calvin…
    Enrico Colantoni
    Enrico Colantoni
    • Artyas Arty…
    Erika Alexander
    Erika Alexander
    • Lucyas Lucy
    Tracy Vilar
    Tracy Vilar
    • Heatheras Heather
    Brandon Keener
    Brandon Keener
    • Francesca's Assistantas Francesca's Assistant
    Jeff Garlin
    Jeff Garlin
    • Harvey, probablyas Harvey, probably
    David Alan Basche
    David Alan Basche
    • Nicholas's Agentas Nicholas's Agent
    Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp
    • Man on Planeas Man on Plane…
    Nancy Lenehan
    Nancy Lenehan
    • Woman on Planeas Woman on Plane
    Brad Rowe
    Brad Rowe
    • Sam Osborneas Sam Osborne
    David Fincher
    David Fincher
    • Film Directoras Film Director
    Jerry Weintraub
    Jerry Weintraub
    • Jerryas Jerry
    • Director
      • Steven Soderbergh
    • Writer
      • Coleman Hough
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Steven Soderbergh attached the following list of rules to the screenplay to his low budget ($2 M) film with a huge list of stars:
      • 1. All sets are practical locations.
      • 2. You will drive yourself to the set. If you are unable to drive yourself, a driver will pick you up, but you will probably become the subject of ridicule. Either way, you must arrive alone.
      • 3. There will be no craft service, so you should arrive on set "having had". Meals will vary in quality.
      • 4. You will pick, provide, and maintain your own wardrobe.
      • 5. You will create and maintain your own hair and make-up.
      • 6. There will be no trailers. The company will attempt to provide holding areas near a given location, but don't count on it. If you need to be alone a lot, you're pretty much screwed.
      • 7. Improvisation will be encouraged.
      • 8. You will be interviewed about your character. This material may end up in the film.
      • 9. You will be interviewed about the other characters. This material may end up in the finished film.
      • 10. You will have fun whether you want to or not. If any of these guidelines are problematic for you, stop reading now and send this screenplay back where it came from.
    • Goofs
      Catherine's black notebook and pen suddenly appear on the airplane armrest between shots, after her tape player clicks.
    • Quotes

      Carl: I think Lee is like... Have you ever seen a dog get hit by a car but walk away? And there's this impact and you know something terrible has happened to that dog but it walks away and it doesn't seem to even realize the implications cause it just goes on. But you know that something terrible has happened inside this dog. That's, I think, what happened to Lee. It's like she's a dog that got hit by a car, and she walked away and she's still walking, but some very, very important things inside her are damaged.

    • Crazy credits
      Brad Pitt is credited as playing 2 characters: "Brad Pitt" and "Himself".
    • Alternate versions
      An extended version was released in 2013 in the Blu-Ray released by Echo Bridge Entertainment. It runs for 112 min (instead of 101 in the theatrical version) and expands several scenes, rearranges the order of some others and takes out two scenes.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Blood Work/Full Frontal/The Master of Disguise/Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Sarah
      Composed and Orchestrated by Jacques Davidovici
      Published by Telfrance (Administered by Marada USA/Criterion, for USA and Canada)

    User reviews169

    Review
    Top review
    I Hate to Say It
    You know, for years I have been of the belief that Steven Soderbergh was a great filmmaker, because of Sex, Lies and Videotape, always waiting for his next great film, but it never comes. After watching Schizopolis, Oceans 11, etc., etc., and now finally Full Frontal, I have to say I think he's a fraud. How could anyone with even an ounce of artistic vision cast Julia Roberts all the time? She blows. I think Soderbergh is to indie film what Ringo Starr was to rock and roll. He was in the right place at the right time, but definitely not worthy of the indie-film-god status that seems to be associated with him. I think sans James Spader in SL&VT, we would not know Soderbergh's name today. Sad, really.
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    • rustwater67
    • Feb 23, 2004

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    • Release date
      • August 2, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Miramax
      • Monophonic Inc.
      • Populist Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,512,846
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $739,834
      • Aug 4, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,438,804
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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