Color Me Kubrick (2005)

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Anthony Frewin Adds Shades to Color Me Kubrick

The screenwriter discusses writing a film about the Stanley Kubrick impersonator, Alan Conway.

Evan JacobsMar 22, 2007

Critics Score

50%

Release Date

October 6, 2005

Director

Brian W. Cook

Writer

Anthony Frewin

Cast

Tom Allen
Scott Baker
Nick Barber
Angus Barnett
Lynda Baron
Linda Bassett

Official Website

colormekubrick.com

Color Me Kubrick Synopsis

SYNOPSIS

For months Alan Conway, a perfect stranger, passed himself off as one of the greatest film directors of all time, Stanley Kubrick.

Conway knew nothing of the filmmaker or his films, but this didn't prevent him from using and abusing the credulity of those who thought they had come in contact with the mythical and equally discreet director. His success was founded not only on boundless chutzpah but also on the fact that Kubrick's real face and voice were practically unknown since - like Terence Malick and Chris Marker - he remained one of filmdom's few stubborn holdouts in the Fame Game.

Conway is brought uproariously to life by John Malkovich in a jaw-dropping tour de force, in which he stops at nothing in depicting Conway's shameless character, whether cadging a few quid for cab fare, or pulling off more outrageous scams. Director Brian Cook, who served as assistant director on Kubrick's THE SHINING, BARRY LYNDON, and EYES WIDE SHUT, along with screenwriter Anthony Frewin, who acted as Kubrick's personal assitant from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY on, bring an intimate knowledge of both the legendary director and Conway's antics to this hilarious and fascinating true story. As producer Michael Fitzgerald notes, "The film has three hidden messages : One, anyone can be Stanley Kubrick. Two, all crimes perpetrated in the name of celebrity will be rewarded by celebrity itself. Three, if you ever meet a celebrity, watch your wallet."

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

At the time when Kubrick was a famous and equally discreet director in the media, a man passed himself off for him, fooling hundreds of people.

How was a modest London travel agent able to usurp the identity of one of the greatest creators in history of motion pictures? Why and how did he do it? Who really was this man?

They are some of the questions to which COLOR ME KUBRICK bring answers as truthful as they are astonishing...