Full Frontal (2002)

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Studio: Miramax Films
Studio: Miramax Films
Rating: R
Release Date: Aug 2, 2002
Running Time: 111 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
An ensemble piece tracking eight characters over the course of a single day in Los Angeles, two of whom, Francesca the movie queen and Calvin the tv star, double as actors in the film (within a film) "Rendezvous." Other characters involved are: Gus, the big time film producer; Lee, a high-powered careerist; Lee's writer husband, Carl; Lee's sister Linda and her avant-garde stage director boyfriend.
cast + crew
Hitler
Francesca/Catherine
Calvin/Nicholas
Heather
Screenplay
Producer
Producer
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July 25, 2002
Early buzz has been brutal on the experimental new movie from Steven Soderbergh. The rap is that the Oscar-winning director is full of himself for shooting Full Frontal in just eighteen days for a paltry $2 million using digital cameras available to any amateur (Free advice: Don't try this at home). Add to that the Soderbergh dogma that his starry cast, including Julia Roberts and David Duchovny, wear their own clothes and do their own hair and makeup.

Please! It's all part of the joke.… Continued

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Note to self: A movie with Julia Roberts will never--and I mean never--be an independent film, no matter how small the budget, how edgy the aesthetic or how inscrutable the script. Note to self, part two: The postmodern is well and truly dead.

Story

Full Frontal, touted as the ''unauthorized'' sequel to sex, lies, and videotape, takes place within a 24-hour period leading up to a grand climax at movie producer Gus' (David Duchovny) birthday party at a posh Beverly Hills hotel. In the movie Gus… Continued