The Full Monty: Screenplay - Softcover

Beaufoy, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901680029 ISBN 13: 9781901680027

Publisher: ScreenPress Books, 1997

Synopsis

Novelisation of the award-winning, smash-hit British film The Full Monty which has been acclaimed worldwide for its humorous and moving portrayal of a group of redundant steelworkers in Sheffield.

The Full Monty is the story of the launching of a male striptease act by a group of out-of-work steelworkers who are down on their luck and strapped for cash.

Inspired by a visit of The Chippendales to a local ladies’ night, Gaz, a 36-year-old wild-card, drags his best friend Dave and a most unlikely group of ‘strippers’ through a series of hilarious adventures in pursuit of their strip-for-cash scheme.

Through the process of rehearsing the show, worrying about their physiques and, ultimately, going ‘the full monty’, they form new friendships, find a new purpose in life and recover the self-respect that had been stolen from them during the months of unemployment. This heartwarming novelization deals with reinventing oneself in a world where roles are shifting and deeply held beliefs are being overturned.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

ORIGINAL NOVELIZATION OF THE SMASH-HIT MOVIE

Out of work, out of cash and out of luck, Gaz and Dave are redundant steelworkers in Sheffield, struggling to hold on to what little remains: their self-esteem

When a visit by the Chippendales evokes a frenzied response from the local women, Gaz has a brainwave. In desperate need of money to fight a custody battle for his son, he persuades Dave and four equally unlikely lads that if women will pay good money to see men take their clothes of, why give it a go?

Their heart-warming journey between conception and performance is littered with tears and laughter; will they turn their lives around and go the full monty?

Synopsis:

A group of unemployed Sheffield steelworkers who, bankrupt of hope, seize the opportunity to make some much needed money and escape their monotonous lives. Even though they are the strippers without the physiques to compete with The Chippendales, they hatch a plan to launch a striptease act.

About this edition

• Publisher: ScreenPress Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1901680029
• ISBN 13: 9781901680027
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160