{{Short description|1995 American television film by Nicolas Roeg}} {{distinguish|full body massage}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Full Body Massage VHS cover.jpg | genre = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]] | caption = 1996 VHS cover | director = [[Nicolas Roeg]] | writer = Dan Gurskis | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Mimi Rogers]] * [[Bryan Brown]] }} | music = [[Harry Gregson-Williams]] | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = Robert Littman | producer = {{Plainlist| * Julie Bilson Ahlberg * [[Michael Nolin]] }} | cinematography = [[Anthony B. Richmond]] | editor = Louise Rubacky | company = Littman-Gurskis-Nolin Productions | network = [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] | released = {{Start date|1995|11|05}} | runtime = 93 minutes | budget = }} '''''Full Body Massage''''' is a 1995 American [[drama (film and television)|drama]] [[television film]] directed by [[Nicolas Roeg]], written by Dan Gurskis, starring [[Mimi Rogers]] and [[Bryan Brown]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Two Deaths |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150461536 |access-date=10 February 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> In the film, an art dealer talks about relationships and philosophy with her masseur. It premiered on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] on November 5, 1995.
==Plot== Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch. The pair develop an easy rapport during the session, with talk about past relationships. As Nina lies on the massage table, Fitch also takes time to explain various massage techniques, including those used by [[Hopi]] [[medicine men]].
==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Mimi Rogers]] as Nina * [[Bryan Brown]] as Fitch * Christopher Burgard as Douglas * Elizabeth Barondes as Alice * [[Gareth Williams (American actor)|Gareth Williams]] as Harry Willis * Patrick Neil Quinn as Andy * Heather Gunn as DeeDee * [[Gabriella Hall]] as Young Nina (credited as Laura Saldivar) * Brian McLane as young Fitch * William Fuller as Fitch's Father * Lynette Bennett as Fitch's Mother * Rachel Nolin as Fitch's Sister * Michael Edmonds as [[Hopi]] [[Medicine Man]] * Ross McKerras as Rancher 1 * Michael Robert Nyman as Rancher 2 }}
==Production== [[Mimi Rogers]] said [[Nicolas Roeg]] waited for her to have her baby, so they shot four-and-a-half months after she gave birth. "My body was not what it usually is", she said.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mimi Rogers: The Full Mimi |work=lebeauleblog.com |url=https://lebeauleblog.com/2018/04/06/mimi-rogers-the-full-mimi/ |access-date=24 February 2022 }}</ref>
==Reception== The film has been ironically called an American version of the French film ''[[La Belle Noiseuse]]'' (1991), which starred [[Emmanuelle Béart]] as an artist's model who spends much of the 240-minute feature [[nude]], discussing relationships with the artist.<ref>[http://www.scoopy.com/fullbodymassage.htm ''Full Body Massage'' (1995) from Johnny Web (Uncle Scoopy)], retrieved on 2007-01-16.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0113131}}
{{Nicolas Roeg}}
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