The Full Monty Original Soundtrack Goes Gold On RCA Victor; Smash Hit Film Features Anne Dudley's Oscar Winning Score.

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 7, 1999--

The RCA Victor soundtrack for the international box office hit The Full Monty featuring Anne Dudley's Oscar-winning score and hit dance tracks from the `60s, `70s and `80s has been certified gold for sales in excess of 500,000 copies, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Released August 12, 1997 just prior to the opening of the Fox Searchlight film, The Full Monty soundtrack was packed with such No. 1 classic dance hits as "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate, "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer, Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" and Irene Cara's "Flashdance" along with Anne Dudley's score. Dudley went on to win the Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and the recording was also honored with a Brit Award (the U.K. equivalent of the Grammy) for Best Soundtrack. Dudley's score and her remix of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Tom Jones were both mentioned by reviewers as musical highlights of The Full Monty, with Entertainment Weekly stating "the gruff swagger of Tom Jones perfectly encapsulates Monty's raffishly skewed humor."

Dudley's many skills as a musician, composer and arranger have earned her a worldwide reputation for her pop collaborations as well as for her scores for films such as The Crying Game and Buster, which also won a Brit award. Her work in the critically acclaimed, pioneering British techno group of the `80s, The Art of Noise, brought invitations to work with Paul McCartney, Elton John, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Cher and Pulp. Most recently Dudley scored American History X and Pushing Tin and reunited with The Art of Noise for an album entitled "The Seduction of Claude Debussy."

The Full Monty soundtrack, which also includes Wilson Pickett's "Land of 1,000 Dances," the vintage Britpop of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel's No. 1 hit, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)," and tracks by Gary Glitter, "Rock and Roll Part II," M People, "Moving On Up," and David Rose's "The Stripper," enjoyed a lengthy run on the Billboard 200.

The gold award in the U.S. is the latest achievement for The Full Monty, which has gone platinum and multi-platinum in the U.K., Ireland, Spain, Australia, Singapore and Canada and gold in Italy and New Zealand.

The Full Monty stars Robert Carlyle, the psychopathic Begbie in Trainspotting, as the leader of a motley crew of would-be exotic dancers. Directed by Oscar nominee Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty also stars Tom Wilkinson and Mark Addy. The Redwave Films presentation was produced by Uberto Pasolini.

THE FULL MONTY Original Soundtrack Recording RCA Victor CD 09026-68904-2 Cassette 09026-68904-4