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Original title: Cock and Bull Story, A
Release Date
• USA: Jan 27, 2006
Budget GBP 2,800,000
BoxOffice: $1.1M
Official Website:
A Cock and Bull Story Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and sexual content.
Running Time
1 hour, 31 minutes
Country UK
Production Companies
BBC Films (presents), Baby Cow Productions (in association with), EM Media (executive production) (in association with), East Midlands Media Initiative, Prescience Film Fund, Revolution Films (in association with), Scion Films (produced with)
Studio Picturehouse
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
• Tristram Shandy
• A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
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Genre: Comedy
Tagline: Because everyone loves an accurate period piece.
Plot: Barely stopping to breathe between productions, outrageously prolific director Michael Winterbottom follows his graphically intimate 9 SONGS with the raucously entertaining TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY. This time around, Winterbottom is out to film the unfilmable novel: an adaptation of Laurence Sterne’s sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN. What begins as a seemingly straightforward attempt to recreate the frenetic novel--starring Steve Coogan as the title figure and Rob Brydon as his Uncle Toby--quickly derails into a behind-the-scenes document of the film’s actual production. Working triple time (for he also plays Tristram’s father), Coogan is hilarious as the insecure "Steve Coogan," a shallow actor who is more interested in his cute assistant (Naomie Harris) than the mother of his newborn child (the always delightful Kelly Macdonald). Meanwhile, "Rob Brydon" is trying desperately to convince "Steve Coogan" that his role is a co-lead, not merely a supporting one. As the production threatens to spin out of control, the filmmakers hire Gillian Anderson (playing herself, of course) to fill a much-needed role. Coming off like a madcap collision of BARRY LYNDON and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, Winterbottom’s film
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Tropic Thunder, Night at the Museum, Marie Antoinette | Rob Brydon
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