Fuck

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Steve Anderson directs. Carvin Knowles scores. Jayne Rodericks cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 20 years ago.
• 2Original score by Carvin Knowles. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 3Editor Jayne Rodericks shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 4Reinhold Aman and Steven Bochco and Pat Boone carry the top of the cast.
• 5Marketing tagline: "The one word that brings all people together - and then sets them apart".
• 6IMDB entry: tt0486585 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 90 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score

Carvin Knowles

Editing

Jayne Rodericks

Runtime

93 min · 1h 33m

Status

Released

Box office

$19,791

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Fuck (2006) ↗

Also by

Steve Anderson

• 
  This Last Lonely Place

  2014 · ★ 6.5
• 
  The Big Empty

  2003 · ★ 6.1
• 
  The White Orchid

  2018 · ★ 5.8

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Fuck 2005 Trailer

  Trailer

Community reviews

What people are saying

• GenerationofSwine2023-01-14
  ★ 10/10

  I don't know how accurate it is, but it's hysterical...and Ironic that we can't use the title in our reviews. But, it does have more humor than substance in it, the theories about how the word evolved and what it meant are mostly all stated and explained along with a brief etymology of the word itself and some of the myths around it...but doesn't really come to a solid conclusion. And the inclusion and dedication to Hunter S. Thompson is well received given his love of the word and how beautifully vulgar his writings could be. It was a fitting final interview for him. Ultimately, though, watch it for the humor. I'd take the "documentary" part with a grain of salt. In either case it will entertain.

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Production companies

Who made it

• MU

  Mudflap Films

• RA

  Rainstorm Entertainment

  US

Key crew

• AnimationBill Plympton
• EditorJayne Rodericks
• CinematographyAndre Fontanelle

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• social documentary
• political documentary
• social & cultural documentary

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2005-11-07R· (AFI Fest)
• Theatrical (limited)2006-11-10R

Also known as

International titles

• F★CKUS
• ФакRU
• فاكAE
• فاکIR
• F K - O DocumentárioPT
• 幹... 什麼？ ！TW
• 그것에 관하여KR