Screenwiter Anthony Frewin and director Brian Cook, real-life associates of reclusive, American-born filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, find a sad fable about identity, image and the allure of fame in the bizarre story of con man Alan Conway, who successfully passed himself off as the reclusive filmmaker in 1990s London.
Grifter David Hampton, who took wealthy New Yorkers for free food and lodging by pretending to be Sidney Poitier's son, was small beer next to Conway (John Malkovich), an alcoholic sexual predator who convinced handsome young designers, musicians and actors that he was the world-famous Kubrick, come to transform their lives. To be sure, Conway looked noth...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
86 mins