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Full Monty

The Full Monty
TheFullMonty.UKtheatricalposter.jpg
UK theatrical release poster
Directed by Peter Cattaneo
Produced by Uberto Pasolini
Written by Simon Beaufoy
Starring
Music by Anne Dudley
Cinematography John de Borman
Edited by David Freeman
Nick Moore
Production
company
Redwave Films
Channel Four Films
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
  • 29 August 1997 (1997-08-29) (United Kingdom)
Running time
91 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $3.5 million
Box office $258 million
The Full Monty: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released 1997
Genre Disco, Pop, Dance
Length 41:12
Label RCA
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars link

The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy-drama film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy.

The film is set in Sheffield, England and, starting off with a travelogue of the city in 1972, tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them former steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act (à la Chippendale dancers) in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for the main character, Gaz, to be able to see his son. Gaz declares that their show will be better than the Chippendales dancers because they will go "the full monty"—strip all the way—hence the film's title.

Despite being a comedy, the film also touches on serious subjects such as unemployment, fathers' rights, depression, impotence, homosexuality, body image, working class culture and suicide.

The Full Monty was a major critical success upon release and an unexpected international commercial success, grossing over $250 million from a budget of only $3.5 million. It was the highest-grossing film in the UK until it was outsold by Titanic. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Music Score, winning the last.


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