Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of 21st Century film makers, A Cock And Bull Story is an unorthodox adaptation of Laurence Sterne's sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, The Life And Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. The story begins with Tristram Shandy narrating his .. Read more
| Starring | Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Kelly MacDonald, Keeley Hawes |
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| Director | Michael Winterbottom |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of 21st Century film makers, A Cock And Bull Story is an unorthodox adaptation of Laurence Sterne's sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, The Life And Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. The story begins with Tristram Shandy narrating his life story as he sees it. Crammed with literary jokes and dark humour, Shady's warped childhood tales are constantly interrupted by his family and household, inadvertantly revealing far more about himself than any conventional autobiography.
| Starring | Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Kelly MacDonald, Keeley Hawes, Ian Hart, Shirley Henderson, Jeremy Northam, Dylan Moran, Kieran O'Brien, David Walliams, Gill |
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| Director | Michael Winterbottom |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2005 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 07 Nov 2009 To Rent: DVD: 10 Jul 2006 |
| LOVEFiLM Instant | £2.49 |
The consistently inventive moviemaking team of director Michael Winterbottom and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce have concocted a true-to-the-spirit tribute to Sterne by casting this as a process piece
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What a load of Cock
I'm a huge fan of both Coogan and Brydon. Inspired by their spontaneously funny interviews promoting this film, I gathered a few friends and went off to the... read more »
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Rubbish Movie
Rubbish.... the first moment in the film was great, then all down hill....wish i never started watching wish i never payed the see it....Oh well...live and ... read more »
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Tristram Shandy?
I didn't know what to expect but assumed it would be a costume piece bast on the Tristram Shandy book, and that it wouldn't be very good. As it turned ... read more »
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subtle and enjoyable
Definitely worth watching, I saw it when it came out but preferred seeing it recently after watching 'The Trip' on BBC 2, Steve Coogan is great at being... read more »
Elizabeth I and Bleak House have flown the British flag high in this year's nominations for the 58th Emmy Awards. Although US drama Into The West topped the bill with 16 nominations, Channel Four's Elizabeth I followed closely in second with a total of 13 nominations. Helen Mirren (Calendar Girls, The Pledge, Prime Suspect), who has won acclaim for her role as the virgin queen, has been nominated for the award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie, as has Gillian Anderson (The Read more
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