Tristram Shandy : a cock & bull story / BBC Films presents in association with EM Media, Revolution Films ; a Revolution Films production in association with Baby Cow Productions, produced with Scion Films ; a Michael Winterbottom film ; produced by Andrew Eaton.
Two actors, as their make up is applied, talk about the size of their parts. Then into the film: Laurence Sterne's unfilmable novel, Tristram Shandy, an autobiography wherein the narrator, interrupted constantly, takes the entire story to be born. The film tracks between "Shandy" and...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Director's suite.
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| Summary: | Two actors, as their make up is applied, talk about the size of their parts. Then into the film: Laurence Sterne's unfilmable novel, Tristram Shandy, an autobiography wherein the narrator, interrupted constantly, takes the entire story to be born. The film tracks between "Shandy" and behind the scenes. Size matters: parts, egos, shoes, noses. The lead's girlfriend, with their infant son, is up from London for the night, wanting sex; interruptions are constant. Scenes are shot, re-shot, and discarded. The purpose of the project is elusive. Fathers and sons; men and women; cocks and bulls. Life is amorphous, too full and too rich to be captured in one narrative. |
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| Item Description: | Catalogued from container. Winner Golden Tulip, Best Foreign Film, Istanbul International Film Festival 2006. Based on the novel "The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman" by Laurence Sterne. "Martin Hardy" is the pseudonym of Frank Cottrell Boyce. Special features: extended interview with Steve Coogan ; deleted scenes ; scene extensions ; behind-the-scenes footage ; audio commentary ; original theatrical trailer. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Format: | Dvd video, PAL, region 4, Dolby digital. |
| Audience: | Rated M: Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over. NOTE: Contains offensive language and sexual references. |
| Production Credits: | Screenplay by Martin Hardy ; costume designer, Charlotte Walter ; director of photography, Marcel Zyskind. |