6/10
NETFLIX Rating : 2.9
IMDB Rating : 6.2
FD Smart Rating : 6
Synopsis : Based on a true story, this outlandish comedy follows a second-rate con man who successfully impersonated director Stanley Kubrick in the 1990s.
Regions Available ( 1 ) :
Japan
Tom Allen , Scott Baker , Nick Barber , Angus Barnett , John Malkovich , Jim Davidson
Comedy, Drama
2005
1h22m
Allowed for ages 7 years and older.
In London in the 1990s, a balding alcoholic with an unsteady American accent introduces himself in pubs and other social settings as Stanley Kubrick. Drinks and meals are suddenly on the house or paid for by an admiring person, usually a man, whose costumes, band, acting abilities or what have you, Stanley finds fascinating. He's actually Alan Conway (1934-1998): we watch him parlay a self-confident manner and a small amount of movie knowledge into a persona whom others immediately hang their dreams on. In exchange, Stanley asks only that they pay the bill. Will he be exposed? Do prosecution and prison await? Or has the National Health something else in mind?