The Full Monty (1997)
The Full Monty was the link movie connecting Robin Hood and Prometheus.
Linked through Mark Addy and Steve Huison.
Both Mark Addy and Steve Huison appeared in The Full Monty.
About The Full Monty
"The year's most revealing comedy."
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Directed by Peter Cattaneo
Written by Simon Beaufoy
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Awards
The Full Monty won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the European Film Award for Best Film; Robert Carlyle won the BAFTA for Best Actor. It earned four Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score) and Anne Dudley won the Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score.
Soundtrack
Score by Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley won the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score; the soundtrack discussion notes critics were surprised, arguing the award overlooked that many of the film's most memorable moments relied on jukebox favourites (notably Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff").
Movie trivia
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Channel 4 Films funded the screenplay but declined to invest equity; Fox Searchlight ultimately financed the picture for almost £3 million.
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The queue dance to Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" at the Jobcentre was nearly cut from the film as it was considered "too unrealistic.
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The six principal actors allegedly agreed to perform the climactic full-frontal strip for real in a single take; extras had smuggled in booze and producers kept the final reveal secret to capture a natural reaction.
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Robert Carlyle described the shoot as very difficult, saying, "The Full Monty was a tough shoot, it really really was. Horrible.
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Principal photography was done entirely on location in and around Sheffield (with some Shirebrook locations) in April 1996; Shiregreen Working Men's Club stood in for the Millthorpe club.
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The film's opening used footage from the 1972 Sheffield promo City on the Move, which the Coulthards sold for £400; that footage was later released on DVD in 2008 as The Reel Monty.
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