Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick (2005)

A True...ish Story

The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.

Date of release
2005-10-06
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (89)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Brian W. Cook

Casting

Interesting facts

Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story is a 2005 comedy-drama film directed by Brian W. Cook and written by Anthony Frewin. It stars John Malkovich as Alan Conway, a British con-man who impersonated director Stanley Kubrick for several years in the 1990s. The film follows a fictionalized version of Conway as he goes from person to person, convincing them to give out money, liquor, and sexual favours for the promise of a job on "Kubrick's" next film. In real life, Frewin was Kubrick's long-time personal assistant, and Cook was assistant director on three of Kubrick's films.

Production

The idea for Colour Me Kubrick was conceived during the filming of Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Alan Conway had already been impersonating Kubrick for many years by that point, but it was during the filming of Eyes Wide Shut that the director became aware of the situation.

Brian Cook, an assistant director who worked with Kubrick on three films, including Eyes Wide Shut, read Frewin's script and enjoyed it. Cook also knew of Conway's actions, and how they affected Kubrick's work and personal life. He mentioned that one of the worst incidents was "when he signed Stanley's name on a bank loan for a gay club in Soho". The film marked Cook's debut as a director.

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