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A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes, Shirley Henderson
6.7
88%Runtime94 min
Rating15
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Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
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A Cock and Bull Story (2005) is a critically acclaimed comedy directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film features Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as actors playing roles in an adaptation of Laurence Sterne's novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, with the duo constantly bickering on set. The film has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.7/10 score on IMDb, indicating positive audience reception.
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Fans of director Michael Winterbottom's unique blend of comedy and meta-commentary will appreciate the self-aware performances by Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in this 2005 film, which hilariously and insightfully explores the tensions and egos involved in adapting a classic novel to the screen.
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A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British comedy film directed by Michael Winterbottom. It is a film-within-a-film, featuring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing themselves as egotistical actors during the making of a screen adaptation of Laurence Sterne's 18th-century metafictional novel Tristram Shandy. Gillian Anderson and Keeley Hawes also play themselves in addition to their Tristram Shandy roles. Since the book is about a man attempting but failing to write his autobiography, the film takes the form of being about failing to make the film.
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