Fuck is a 2005

2005 in film

- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

 documentary

Documentary film

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 by director/producer Steve Anderson and Rainstorm Entertainment

Rainstorm Entertainment

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 about the social, political, personal, historical, linguistic and artistic significance of the word fuck

Fuck

"Fuck" is an English word that is generally considered obscene which, in its most literal meaning, refers to the act of sexual intercourse. By extension it may be used to negatively characterize anything that can be dismissed, disdained, defiled, or destroyed."Fuck" can be used as a verb, adverb,...

. It features commentary by a variety of individuals, including linguists, comedian

Comedian

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s, artist

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s, musician

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s, filmmakers, author

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s, porn stars, politician

Politician

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s, and media personalities as well as clips from George Carlin

George Carlin

George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums....

, Scarface

Scarface (1983 film)

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, Country Joe and the Fish

Country Joe and the Fish

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's Woodstock performance, President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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's one-fingered salute to a camera, various Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce

Leonard Alfred Schneider , better known by the stage name Lenny Bruce, was a Jewish-American comedian, social critic and satirist...

 performances, U2

U2

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's Golden Globe acceptance, Paul Robert Cohen's protest

Cohen v. California

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 and Nipplegate

Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy

Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston, Texas on the CBS television network in the United States, was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a...

, accompanied with animated segues created by Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton

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. The movie was shown for the first time on November 7, 2005 at the AFI

American Film Institute

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 Film Festival.

The word "fuck" and its variations are used 857 times throughout this 90 minute documentary, making an average 9.52 occurrences per minute, making it the film that uses most frequently the word "fuck" to date.

Reviews

The film maintains a 55% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes

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 with the consensus being, "A documentary that sets out to explore a lingual taboo but can't escape its own naughty posturing."

See also

• List of films that most frequently use the word "fuck"
• The Aristocrats
  The Aristocrats (film)
  The Aristocrats is a 2005 documentary film about the famous dirty joke of the same name. It was conceived and produced by comedians Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, edited by Emery Emery, and released to theaters by TH!NKFilm...
  
  , a similar film discussing a notoriously dirty joke.