Full Frontal (2002)

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.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writer:

Coleman Hough

Stars:

Julia Roberts, David Hyde Pierce, David Duchovny

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Duchovny	...	Gus
Nicky Katt	...	Hitler
Catherine Keener	...	Lee
Mary McCormack	...	Linda
David Hyde Pierce	...	Carl
Julia Roberts	...	Francesca / Catherine
Blair Underwood	...	Calvin / Nicholas
Enrico Colantoni	...	Arty / Ed
Erika Alexander	...	Lucy
Tracy Vilar	...	Heather
Brandon Keener	...	Francesca's Assistant
Jeff Garlin	...	Harvey, probably
David Alan Basche	...	Nicholas's Agent
Terence Stamp	...	Man on Plane / Self
Nancy Lenehan	...	Woman on Plane

Storyline

Arty film-within-a-film revolves around seven people with little in common whose lives collide.

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Plot Keywords:

sex | hollywood | party | birthday | friend | 

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Taglines:

From The Director Of Traffic, Ocean's Eleven & Erin Brockovich!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, Steven Soderbergh dropped a plot element about placards telling How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire, a phrase that he had also intended to use as the film's title.

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Goofs

Catherine's black notebook and pen suddenly appear on the airplane armrest between shots, after her tape player clicks.

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Quotes

Arty: [on the set of Arty's play, "The Sound and the Fuhrer"] Great. Now I have three hours to find a new Ava Braun.
Hitler: You know what? Fuck her. And here's why.
Hitler: Number One - Anyone who's offended by drinking blood, obviously doesn't drink blood.
Hitler: Number Two - Anyone who drinks as much blood as I do knows it has no effect.
Hitler: Number Three - There is absolutely no scientific connection between drinking a shot of blood a day and being an extraordinary actor.
Hitler: And Number Four - it is impossible to prove Number Three.

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits for the movie. Instead, opening credits are shown for the "movie within the movie".

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Connections

References Contempt (1963)

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Soundtracks

Bad Boys
Written by Ian Lewis

User Reviews

Nod and Wink a full movie doth not make.

What as waste of energy. Sure you could see where they wanted to go, if it hadn't been made a 1000 times by independants and students. Was Soderburgh trying to re-create something from his "Sex, Lies..." days? This movie can be summed up in that it was a student film made by Hollywood trying to be self-referential. If you were in on the jokes and the cameo/guest appearances then you were in on the movie, otherwise, for most - you're out. Nodding and winking at your clever, in-jokes at Hollywood does not make a movie.

What was Terence Stamp doing there?

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 August 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$739,834, 4 August 2002

Gross USA:

$2,512,846

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,438,804

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax, Monophonic Inc., Populist Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1