Full Frontal (film)

2002 filmTemplate:SHORTDESC:2002 film

* David Duchovny
* Nicky Katt
* Catherine Keener
* Mary McCormack
* David Hyde Pierce
* Julia Roberts
* Blair Underwood
* August 2, 2002 (2002-08-02)

***Full Frontal*** is a 2002 American comedy-drama film by Steven Soderbergh about a day in the life of a handful of characters in Hollywood. It stars Catherine Keener, Blair Underwood, David Duchovny, Julia Roberts, Mary McCormack, Nicky Katt, Brad Pitt, and David Hyde Pierce. The film was shot on digital video using the Canon XL-1s in under a month. The film blurs the line between what is real and what is fiction in its depiction of a film within a film (and possibly within another).

## Cast

* David Duchovny as Gus
* Enrico Colantoni as Arty
* Nicky Katt as Hitler
* Catherine Keener as Lee
* Mary McCormack as Linda
* David Hyde Pierce as Carl
* Julia Roberts as Francesca/Catherine
* Blair Underwood as Calvin/Nicholas
* Jeff Garlin as Harvey
* David Alan Basche as Nicholas's Agent
* Terence Stamp as Man on Plane/Himself
* David Fincher as Film Director
* Jerry Weintraub as Jerry
* Brad Pitt as himself
* Rainn Wilson, Eddie McClintock, Dina Waters and Sandra Oh as Fired Employees
* January Jones as Tracy
* Patrick Fischler as Harvey’s assistant

## Production

The film was announced in 2001 and Catherine Keener was the first actor attached to the project, named *How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire*. It was billed by Miramax as "an unofficial sequel of sorts" to *Sex, Lies, and Videotape*. In October, Julia Roberts, David Hyde Pierce, and David Duchovny were announced as leads in the project, and after the September 11 attacks, the film title was changed to *The Art of Negotiating a Turn*.

After a phone call with Harvey Weinstein because he did not like the new movie title, Soderbergh suggested the title *Full Frontal*. The production on the film began on November 6, 2001.

## Release

*Full Frontal* had a limited release in the United States on August 2, 2002, opening in 208 theaters, and earning $739,834 its first weekend. The film was released in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2003, and failed to reach the Top 10. It received negative reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 39% based on reviews from 144 critics with the site's consensus: "An [*sic*] confusing movie made worse by the poor camera work."

Writing for the *Chicago Sun-Times*, Roger Ebert called *Full Frontal* "a film so amateurish that only the professionalism of some of the actors makes it watchable". Richard Roeper also gave the film a poor review, writing that it was "like the 'Special Features' disc of the DVD without the original movie". *USA Today* gave the film three out of four stars, recommending it for its "humor and talented cast".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Full Frontal (2002)". *Box Office Mojo*. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
2. ↑ Duchovny May Join Julia Roberts in Soderbergh's 'How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire' (September 10, 2001).
3. ↑ Casting under way for sex, lies and videotape sequel | Film. *The Guardian*.
4. ↑ Film Entitled *How To Survive A Hotel Room Fire* May Be Changed - Hotel Business (3 October 2001).
5. ↑ Elvis Mitchell (2002-07-28). FILM; Sketching, For a Change, On Screen - The New York Times. *Nytimes.com*.
6. ↑ Steven Soderbergh Begins Production on 'Full Frontal,' A Contemporary Comedy for Miramax Films. Cision (November 14, 2001).
7. ↑ UK Weekend Box Office 23rd May 2003 - 25th May 2003. www.25thframe.co.uk.
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9. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Ebert, Roger (August 2, 2002). "*Full Frontal*". *Chicago Sun-Times*. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
10. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Roeper, Richard (August 2, 2002). "*Full Frontal*". *Ebert and Roeper*. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
11. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Puig, Claudia (August 2, 2002). "*Full Frontal exposes humor, not much skin*". *USA Today*. Retrieved 2009-06-10.

## External links

* *Full Frontal* at IMDb
* *Full Frontal* at Rotten Tomatoes
* *Full Frontal* at Box Office Mojo

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