The Full Monty (1997)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Peter Cattaneo

Writer:

Simon Beaufoy (written by)

Release Date:

13 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go....

Plot:

Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Nudity | England | Steel Worker | Striptease

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 33 wins & 26 nominations

Cast

Robert Carlyle	...	Gaz
Mark Addy	...	David aka Dave
William Snape	...	Nathan
Steve Huison	...	Lomper
Tom Wilkinson	...	Gerald
Paul Barber	...	Horse
Hugo Speer	...	Guy
Lesley Sharp	...	Jean
Emily Woof	...	Mandy
Deirdre Costello	...	Linda
Paul Butterworth	...	Barry
Dave Hill	...	Alan
Bruce Jones	...	Reg
Andrew Livingston	...	Terry (as Andrew Livingstone)
Vinny Dhillon	...	Sharon

Also Known As:

Eggs, Beans and Chippendales (UK) (working title)
No Man's Land (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some nudity.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35028) | France:U | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Norway:7 | Denmark:A | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 (bw) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15

Filming Locations:

ASDA Supermarket, Orgreave Way, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Redwave Films

Trivia:

The film's working title was "Eggs, Beans and Chippendales".

Goofs:

Plot holes: At no stage do they perform what they have rehearsed, or rehearse what they eventually perform. This "goof" is common in many backstage musicals, where the numbers shown being rehearsed rarely match the final product.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Gaz: Fookin' hell!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Homicide: Life on the Street: Shaggy Dog, City Goat (#6.11)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

We Are Family

still blessing the day I taped it without knowing anything about the film

I saw The Full Monty about a month ago on TV and as soon as I saw it was coming up, I rushed to find a blank videotape for it. I didn't know what to expect but somehow I had this feeling that I HAD to tape it. And blimey, was it worth it! Now I watch the film every weekend and I enjoy it just as much as I did the first time I saw it. I love its style, its humour, everything. It's nice to see average people whose only goal was to get a job and in order to achieve it, they're willing to do anything. I've purchased the soundtrack as well, and I can clearly state that it's worth buying if you like 70's music. I think it's become my favourite film. It's so simple and that's why I like it, because at the same time it's greatly enjoyable.