The Great Pretender
Synopsis
In 1938 two producers hire hell-raising Hollywood star Leslie Grangely (Ewan McGregor) to play Bonnie Prince Charlie (also McGregor) in a movie about the 18th-century Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland. Soon after, a drunk Grangely disappears and the producers are forced to find a replacment. They trick a gullible, goofy extra with an uncanny resemblance for Grangely into playing the role of Bonnie Prince Charlie, 'The Great Pretender'.
A hilarious comedy and a paradox of epic proportions, The Great Pretender reconfirms Ewan McGregor's deft comic genius as he stars, doubles and extras in this riotous role-switching farce of a movie within a movie.
Details
- Year
- 2006
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- tbc
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Peter Capaldi
- Producer
- Ron Fogelman, Richard Holmes
- Screenwriter
- Peter Capaldi
- Principal Cast
- Ewan McGregor
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 6th September 2007