Full Frontal movie storyline. Described as a modern-day Hollywood version of Day for Night, director Steven Soderbergh’s first digital video production was also shot employing a modified version of the frills-free Dogma 95 rules set forth by Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, allowing a relatively small budget of about two million dollars. Julia Roberts and Blair Underwood star, respectively, as Francesca and Calvin, actors performing in a motion picture directed by David Fincher and co-starring Brad Pitt (who play themselves).
Woven in and out of the film production story thread are several other subplots including one about a lovelorn woman, Linda (Mary McCormack); the self-absorbed Gus (David Duchovny); and a husband, Carl (David Hyde Pierce), whose wife (Catherine Keener) is falling for Calvin. Described initially as a follow-up to Soderbergh’s independent breakout hit, sex, lies and videotape, Full Frontal isn’t a sequel in the strictest sense of the word and is only thematically related to the earlier film in its exploration of voyeurism and sexuality.
Full Frontal is a 2002 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, 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). It is in the loose structural style and narrative ambiguity of the French New Wave, and it received critical notice for this style. Full Frontal had a limited release in the US on August 2, 2002, opening in 208 theaters and earning $739,834 its first weekend.
Full Frontal (2002)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Bkannihg: Catherine Keener, Mary McCormack, David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, David Alan Basche, Nancy Lenehan, Brad Rowe, David Fincher, Jerry Weintraub, Rainn Wilson, Erika Alexander
Screenplay by: Coleman Hough
Cinematography by: Steven Soderbergh
Film Editing by: Sarah Flack
Bpecial Effects: Carl S.G. Moore
Music by: Jacques Davidovici
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: August 2, 2002
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