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How to Fake a War

  • 20192019
  • 1h 24m
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4.5/10
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Katherine Parkinson, Jay Pharoah, and Lily Newmark in How to Fake a War (2019)
When an outbreak of peace threatens rock star Harry Hope's charity concert, he dispatches his PR consultant to create a fake war story - until the concert, at least.
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When an outbreak of peace threatens rock star Harry Hope's charity concert, he dispatches his PR consultant to create a fake war story - until the concert, at least.When an outbreak of peace threatens rock star Harry Hope's charity concert, he dispatches his PR consultant to create a fake war story - until the concert, at least.When an outbreak of peace threatens rock star Harry Hope's charity concert, he dispatches his PR consultant to create a fake war story - until the concert, at least.
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
374
YOUR RATING
    • Rudolph Herzog
    • Tim Price(original story by)
    • Raid Sabbah(based on an idea by)
  • Stars
    • Katherine Parkinson
    • Hannah Jewell
    • Volker Michalowski
    • Rudolph Herzog
    • Tim Price(original story by)
    • Raid Sabbah(based on an idea by)
  • Stars
    • Katherine Parkinson
    • Hannah Jewell
    • Volker Michalowski
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    • 11User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Zurab Pavliashvili, Giorgi Makashvili, Giorgi Kadagidze, Ali Cook, Volker Michalowski, Katherine Parkinson, Hannah Jewell, Jay Pharoah, Vano Dugladze, Daryl McCormack, Davit Gigolashvili, Lily Newmark, and Ia Vakhania in How to Fake a War (2019)
    Katherine Parkinson in How to Fake a War (2019)
    Katherine Parkinson and Lily Newmark in How to Fake a War (2019)
    How to Fake a War (2019)
    Volker Michalowski, Katherine Parkinson, Hannah Jewell, and Jay Pharoah in How to Fake a War (2019)

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    Katherine Parkinson
    Katherine Parkinson
    • Kate Hemmings
    Hannah Jewell
    • News Anchor
    Volker Michalowski
    Volker Michalowski
    • Boris
    Jay Pharoah
    Jay Pharoah
    • Harry Hope
    Brian Idowu
    • Kofi Annan
    Onise Oniani
    • Boris the Butcher's General
    Tengiz Javakhidze
    • Boris the Butcher's General
    Tariel Mamardashvili
    • Boris the Butcher's General
    Zurab Pavliashvili
    • Boris the Butcher's General
    Giorgi Makashvili
    • Boris the Butcher's General
    Davit Gigolashvili
    • Boris the Butcher's General
    Giorgi Kadagidze
    • Boris the Butcher's General
    Daryl McCormack
    Daryl McCormack
    • Matt
    Ali Cook
    Ali Cook
    • Simon
    Mark Mulvey
    • Ginger Tween
    Lily Newmark
    Lily Newmark
    • Peggy
    Ia Vakhania
    • Air Stewardess
    Kan Kiachislav
    • Dalai Lama
      • Rudolph Herzog
      • Tim Price(original story by)
      • Raid Sabbah(based on an idea by)
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    • Trivia
      The name of the fictional country with which Georgia is in conflict, "Ukbar", appears to be a reference to "Uqbar", a fictional country in the short story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. This is thematically relevant as the short story is about a country (and entire world) manifesting itself through fiction, while the film is about a war which does the same.
    • Goofs
      (at around 6 mins) Kate Hemmings Said "My Sister has arrived From Droop in Dorset". (at around 14 mins) Peggy is calling Auntie Kate.

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    1/10
    A comedy?
    When was the war a comedy? Dozens of Georgian civilians died in 2008, Russo-Georgian war, and dozen Georgians had to flee their homes.

    Movie is a lowest of lowest.
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    • May 9, 2021

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    • Release date
      • August 6, 2020 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • Film and Music Entertainment (United Kingdom)
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tbilisi, Georgia
    • Production companies
      • 20 Steps Productions
      • Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)
      • Film and Music Entertainment (IRE)
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    • 1 hour 24 minutes
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