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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

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 6th September 2007

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Company

Arclight Films
Building 22 (FSA #40)
Fox Studios Australia
Driver Avenue, Moore Park
NSW 2021, Australia

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