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The Full Monty

Genre
Comedy
Rating
R
Released
29 August, 1997
The Full Monty

The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy 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 during the 1990s, and tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them former steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act in order to make some money and for the main character, Gaz, to be able to see his son. Gaz declares that their show will be much better than the renowned 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.

Director Peter Cattaneo
Produced by Uberto Pasolini
Writer(s) Simon Beaufoy
Starring Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy
Music Anne Dudley
Cinematography John de Borman
Edited by David Freeman, Nick Moore
Production, company Redwave Films, Channel Four Films
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Released August 15, 1997 (United States), August 29, 1997 (United Kingdom)
Running time 91 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $3.5 million
Box office $258 million
Netflix ID 1179080

About The Full Monty

British comedy following sex unemployed steel workers who decide to form a male striptease act. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and won an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score.

Achievement of The Full Monty

It became the highest-grossing film in the UK until it was outsold by Titanic. The British Film Institute called it the 25th best British film of the 20th century.

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Latest information about The Full Monty updated on July 28 2021.