Color Me Kubrick (2005) Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (original title)

Director:

Brian W. Cook

Writer:

Anthony Frewin (written by)

Release Date:

4 January 2006 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

They wanted something for nothing. He gave them nothing for something.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Stanley Kubrick | Alcoholic | Band | National Health | Drink

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tom Allen	...	Charles
Scott Baker	...	Waiter
Nick Barber	...	Denzil
Angus Barnett	...	Ace
Lynda Baron	...	Mrs. Vitali
Linda Bassett	...	Trolley Lady
Marisa Berenson	...	Alex Witchell
Honor Blackman	...	Madam
Peter Bowles	...	Cyril
Paul Burnham	...	Hex Mortimer
Paul Chowdhry	...	Pub Announcer
Teresa Churcher	...	TV Journalist 2
Enzo Cilenti	...	Waldegrave
Phil Cornwell	...	Police Duty Sgt
Kammy Darweish	...	TV Journalist 1
Jim Davidson	...	Lee Pratt
Jamie Davis	...	Duane
Ayesha Dharker	...	Dr. Stukeley
Bryan Dick	...	Sean
Shaun Dingwall	...	Maitre D'
James Dreyfus	...	Melvyn
Richard E. Grant	...	Jasper
Maynard Eziashi	...	Adibe
James Faulkner	...	Oliver
Rebecca Front	...	Maureen
Nitin Ganatra	...	Deepak
Henry Goodman	...	Mordecai
Sam Gordon	...	Police Officer 1
Burn Gorman	...	Willie
Head-On	...	Exterminating Angels
Nolan Hemmings	...	Butch Roberts
William Hootkins	...	Frank Rich
Dean Lepley	...	Psychiatric Nurse
John Leyton	...	Lord Charles Benson
Luke Mably	...	Rupert Rodnight
John Malkovich	...	Alan Conway
Lucy O'Connell	...	Nurse
Marion O'Dwyer	...	Head Staff Nurse
Shaun Parkes	...	Mental Patient 2
Leslie Phillips	...	Freddie
Robert Powell	...	Robert
Sam Redford	...	Toby
Terence Rigby	...	Norman
Ken Russell	...	The Man in a Nightgown
Jack Ryan	...	Steve
Peter Sallis	...	The Second Patient
Bindu De Stoppani	...	TV Journalist 3
Audrey Tom	...	Valerie
Jeremy Turner-Welch	...	David
Mark Umbers	...	Piers
Joe Van Moyland	...	Spencer
Marc Warren	...	Hud
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monroe Robertson	...	Young Alan Conway
Jonathan Benson	...	Aristocratic guest (uncredited)
Toby Cook	...	Young guy (uncredited)
Oliver Cotton	...	PC Metcalf (uncredited)
Gabriel Diggs	...	DJ in nightclub (uncredited)
Jonathan Erskine-Nartey	...	Young Man (uncredited)
Lance Forbes	...	Ned Bridges (uncredited)
Spencer Hawken	...	Man At Bar (uncredited)
Ruth Negga	...	Lolita (uncredited)
Al Weaver	...	Darren (uncredited)
Mark Webb	...	Policeman (uncredited)

Directed by
Brian W. Cook		(as Brian Cook)

Writing credits
Anthony Frewin		(written by)

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	executive producer
Steve Christian	....	executive producer
Brian W. Cook	....	producer (as Brian Cook)
Michael Fitzgerald	....	producer
Penelope Glass	....	co-producer
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam	....	executive producer
Colin Leventhal	....	executive producer
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant producer
Donald A. Starr	....	executive producer
Daniel J.B. Taylor	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bryan Adams

Cinematography by
Howard Atherton		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Alan Strachan

Casting by
Gail Stevens

Production Design by
Crispian Sallis

Art Direction by
Paul Ghirardani

Set Decoration by
Michael King

Costume Design by
Victoria Russell		(as Vicki Russell)

Makeup Department
Robert Frampton	....	hair designer
Robert Frampton	....	makeup designer
Emma O'Byrne	....	assistant hair stylist
Emma O'Byrne	....	makeup artist assistant
Sara Raeburn	....	hair stylist supervisor
Sara Raeburn	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Ken Baker	....	production manager
Meg Clark	....	post-production supervisor
Lesley Stewart	....	head of production: First Choice Films

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonathan Benson	....	first assistant director
Mark Inglis	....	second assistant director
Mark Taylor	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Gillian Allen-Fraser	....	assistant property buyer (as Gilly Allen-Fraser)
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Peter Bigg	....	dressing props
Mick Boddy	....	stand-by prop
Ged Dale	....	storeman/dressing props
James Ede	....	stand-by painter
Richard Field	....	stand-by art director
Martin Freeman	....	construction manager
Charles Gaynor	....	stand-by carpenter
Jennifer Geary	....	assistant property buyer
Peter Hasler	....	dressing props
Malcolm Keen	....	painter (as Malcolm Keane)
Michael King	....	property buyer
Paul Ladd	....	stagehand
Matt Langley	....	carpenter (as Matthew Langley)
Kieran McNamara	....	chargehand stand-by prop
Brendan Power	....	supervising painter
Joanna Pratt	....	art department assistant
Eamon Redmond	....	stand-by stagehand
Hauke Richter	....	assistant art director
Warren Stickley	....	stand-by prop
Jeff Woodbridge	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Ed Colyer	....	adr mixer (as Edward Colyer)
Felicity Cottrell	....	foley artist
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Peter Glossop	....	production sound mixer
Joe Illing	....	foley editor
Steve Little	....	assistant sound editor
Gerard Loret	....	sound editor
Stephane Malenfant	....	sound trainee
Shaun Mills	....	boom operator
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alan Paley	....	supervising sound editor
Simon Price	....	dialogue editor
Richard Pryke	....	documentary sound re-recording mixer
Esther Smith	....	sound technician
Richard Street	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist
Nick Watson	....	sound consultant: Dolby

Visual Effects by
Steve Boag	....	digital title supervisor: Cine Image
Martin Bullard	....	optical supervisor: Cine Image
Dave Gurney	....	optical camera operator: Cine Image
Matthew Symonds	....	digital compositor: Cine Image
Anthony Wonsoff	....	digital compositor: Cine Image

Stunts
Eddie Stacey	....	stunt coordinator
Nina Armstrong	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Edmund Alexander	....	electrician
Edmund Alexander	....	generator operator
John Bailie	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Lou Bogue	....	gaffer electrician
Sarah Callow	....	camera assistant
Matthew Collis	....	video playback operator
Kate Filby	....	clapper loader: "b" camera
Simon Fogg	....	assistant grip
Mike Frift	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Simon Gilmour	....	camera trainee
Martin Goddard	....	stand-by rigger
Tony Hannington	....	practical electrician
Alice Hobden	....	clapper loader: "a" camera
Stuart Howell	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gary Hymns	....	key grip
Paul Hymns	....	grip: "b" camera
Dean Kennedy	....	electrician
Nathan Mann	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Nic Milner	....	camera operator
Glen Parsons	....	electrician (as Glenn Parsons)
Steve Potts	....	electrician
Mike Stibbs	....	electrician
Mark Thomas	....	electrician
Nick Wall	....	still photographer
Jack White	....	best boy
Michael White	....	practical electrician
Shawn White	....	rigging gaffer

Animation Department
Leonard Brindley	....	background artist

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Matthew Cook	....	crowd casting (as Matt Cook)
William Davies	....	casting associate (as Will Davies)
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Claire Saunders	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annabel Bonnet	....	wardrobe assistant (as Annabel Bonnett)
Rebecca Duncan	....	costume supervisor
David Wooton	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Eleanor Calder	....	second assistant editor
Peter Hunt	....	film grader
Joe Illing	....	conforming editor
Christopher Lloyd	....	assembly editor
Julian Scott	....	off-line auto conformer: Cine Image
Jeremy Strachan	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Jérôme Lateur	....	music supervisor
Vincent Lebegue	....	music legal coordinator
Gerard Loret	....	music editor
Elise Luguern	....	music production supervisor
Alexandre Mahout	....	music assistant
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant music supervisor

Transportation Department
Mark Allen	....	facilities driver
Guy Bostock	....	action vehicle coordinator
Colin Bressington	....	wardrobe vehicle driver
Ian Clarke	....	vehicle technician
Eddie Cooke	....	driver: construction department
Kenny Coole	....	unit driver
Jim Edge	....	unit driver
Ray Ellis	....	property driver
Robert Fiveash	....	unit driver
Steve Gallacher	....	unit driver
Adrian Holland	....	unit driver
Peter Hudson	....	unit driver
Mike Lewis	....	transportation captain
Gustav Marais	....	picture vehicle technician
Steve Potts	....	driver: electric
Fiona Singer	....	unit driver
Paul Staples	....	driver: minibus
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle technician
Graham Whitfield	....	driver: minibus
Adrian York	....	driver: makeup

Other crew
Lucy Anthony	....	unit nurse
Deborah Dobson Bach	....	assistant to producer
Linzi Baltrunas	....	assistant location manager
Steve Barry	....	assistant accountant
Alan Bennett	....	stand-in: Mr. Malkovich
David Bermingham	....	production executive: First Choice Films
Esther Bradbury	....	production assistant: First Choice Films
Richards Butler	....	legal services
Arian Cabot	....	floor runner
Nick Cain	....	representative: Isle of Man Film Limited
Matthew Cook	....	electronic press kit unit (as Matt Cook)
Patricia Cook	....	assistant to director
Toby Cook	....	electronic press kit unit
Saskia Coplans	....	set production assistant
Chris Croucher	....	floor runner
Chris Croucher	....	utility stand-in
Hannah Curtis	....	floor runner
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Mandy Dalton	....	production coordinator
Diana Dill	....	script supervisor
Alex Downie	....	representative: Isle of Man Film Limited
Hilary Dugdale	....	representative: Isle of Man Film Limited
Larry Eydmann	....	health and safety officer
Andrew Fingret	....	legal services: Cains Adcocates Ltd., Isle of Man Film Limited
Kieran Fitzgerald	....	electronic press kit unit
Ray Freeborn	....	location manager
Nick Frewin	....	multimedia designer
Nick Frewin	....	title designer
Kerrie Gant	....	client liaison: Cine Image
Jo Gregory	....	financial controller
Ruth Halliday	....	script clearance: The Clearing House
Mike Hamilton	....	location unit manager
David Havard	....	insurance services: AON/Albert G. Ruben
Ruth Hodgson	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Tiffany Horan	....	assistant production coordinator
Martin Joy	....	assistant location manager: pre-production
Emma Lightbody	....	representative: Gasworks Media Limited
Hayley Lyon	....	accounting assistant
Venetia McNeile	....	production assistant: First Choice Films
Clive Miles	....	location manager: England
Sheila Fraser Milne	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Robert Norris	....	legal services
Richard Philipps	....	legal services
Dorothy Sewell	....	unit nurse
Michael Sheahan	....	finance director: First Choice Films
James Shirras	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Leonard Singer	....	representative: Isle of Man Film Limited
Grant Sproat	....	production runner
John Stein	....	general counsel: First Choice Films
Chantelle Stoffel	....	floor runner
Sian Sutherland	....	assistant location manager
Ron Taylor	....	laboratory contact
Mark Williams	....	financial controller: First Choice Films

Thanks
David Hemmings	....	in memory of
Christiane Kubrick	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Colour Me K Productions Limited
• EuropaCorp
• Isle of Man Film
• First Choice Films

Distributors

• Solopan ((2005)) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Magnolia Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Cine Image Film Opticals (main and end titles) (digital effects) (opticals)

Other Companies

• 1st Unit Caterering  catering (as First Unit Caterers Interational Ltd)
• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance services (as ASON/Albert G. Ruben)
• Aoin Douiglas  accountancy and advisory services
• BBC Costume Store  costumes supplied by
• Cains Advocates  legal services: Isle of Man Film Limited
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Elstree Film & Television Studios  movie studio
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Jason Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Kodak  film stock
• Lays International  facility vehicles
• Location Facilities  facility vehicles (as Location Facilities)
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Media Safety  health and safety
• Pinewood Photographic Centre  stills processing
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script
• Shepperton Studios  adr and foley recording
• Shepperton Studios  sound re-recorded at
• Sound Design Company, The  editing equipment
• Technicolor Creative Services  telecine rushes facilities
• Technicolor Limited  laboratory
• Tenon Group  accountancy and advisory services (as Tenon)
• The Clearing House Ltd.  script clearance (as The Clearing House)
• VFG Hire  cameras and lenses
• VFG Hire  lighting equipment
• West Drayton  telecine rushes facilities

Also Known As:

"Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story" - UK (original title)
"I Am Kubrick" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man

Company:

Colour Me K Productions Limited

Trivia:

Ruth Negga, who plays Lolita in the film, also played the lead in the play of the same name at the Irish National Theatre. It was her first professional acting role.

Quotes:

1st boy in bar:Of course,
[Kubrick]
1st boy in bar:left his calling card in 2001: A Space Odyssey. But none of us recognised it.
2nd boy in bar:2001?
1st boy in bar:Yes. HAL, the computer. Camp as a row of tents. Positively Danny Debonair with that voice. That's why he killed the astronaut, wanted to be alone with the other beefcake.
2nd boy in bar:Oh. What's he working on now... Kubrick?
1st boy in bar:He's doing a remake of that Julie Christie film, 'Darling.' She's a boy this time. They wouldn't let John Schlesinger get away with *that* in the 1960s.
2nd boy in bar:Sounds captivating.
1st boy in bar:It is dear. Very captivating. And I've got a rather juicy part in it. It'll be goodbye soaps for moi.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The Pink Panther (1963)

Soundtrack:

I'm Not The Man You Think I Am

Congrats to Tony Frewin

Congrats to Tony Frewin who scripted this movie. Am I right in thinking the characterisation of Conway is based partially on a guy called Gary Ness who Malkovitch resembles? Presumably Tony didn't get the opportunity to interview Conway and wasn't able to write a precise portrayal of his character. It doesn't matter. Malkovitch is totally convincing in the role. The fact that Malkovitch and Kubrick look nothing like each other just adds to the deliciousness of the surreal situation. The manner in which the audience sees how Conway conned his victims was effective and convincing and often very funny. The special London vibe from that period came through strongly. The story is perfect for film adaptation and adds to the discussion of the power of celebrity in modern life. Its a great story for a scriptwriter to take on.

It's definitely a Kubrick-ish movie and that's hardly surprising as many of the Kubrick film family were involved. There's a particularly good scene where Conways Kubrick trick fails which is very satisfying and will please many a fan.

It's rare that I laugh out loud in the cinema but I was giggling away like a hyena. I also loved seeing well known and loved British character actors in cameo roles. Lets hope the team do more.Kubrick fans will be pleased.