Cock & Bull Story
(2000)
A Cock and Bull Story
Because everyone loves an accurate period piece.
Stars: Mick O'Hara, Ciaran Morrison
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writer: Ciaran Morrison, Mick O'Hara
Language: English
Studio: BBC Films
Duration: 106
Rated: R
DVD Release: July 2006
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, a fictive 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.
Mick O'Hara | Podge |
Ciaran Morrison | Rodge |
Steve Coogan | Tristram Shandy / Walter Shandy / Steve Coogan |
Rob Brydon | Capt. Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon |
Keeley Hawes | Elizabeth / Keeley Hawes |
Shirley Henderson | Susannah |
Raymond Waring | Trim |
Conal Murphy | Young Tristram Shandy - Age 6 |
Joe Williams | Young Tristram Shandy - Age 9 |
Paul Kynman | Obadiah |
Mark Tandy | London Doctor |
Mary Healey | Midwife |
Dylan Moran | Dr. Slop |
Jack Shepherd | Surgeon |
David Walliams | Parson |
Jeremy Northam | Mark |
Benedict Wong | Ed |
Naomie Harris | Jennie |
Claire Keelan | Make-Up Assistant |
Kelly Macdonald | Jenny |
Mark Hadfield | Leo |
Elizabeth Berrington | Debbie |
Mark Williams | Ingoldsby |
Jenny Ogilvie | Sandy |
Tony Wilson | TV Interviewer (as Anthony H. Wilson) |
Justine Mitchell | Tony's Director |
Kieran O'Brien | Gary |
Roger Allam | Adrian |
Ashley Jensen | Lindsey |
James Fleet | Simon |
Ian Hart | Joe |
Ronni Ancona | Anita |
Greg Wise | Greg |
Paul Rider | Prop Guy |
Stephen Fry | Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick |
Sara Stewart | Joanna |
Gillian Anderson | Widow Wadman |
Stephen Rodrick | New York Times Reporter |
Stuart Wilson | Sound mixer |
Rosie Cavaliero | Rachel |
Damon Caliendo | Fire Dancer |
Andy Callaghan | Playing Film Crew |
Richard Tree | Redcoat Officer |
Edward Nogria | Composer |
Marcel Zyskind | Cinematographer |
Peter Christelis | Editor |
Byron Broadbent | Alexsis |
Peter Bach | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Charlie Bluett | Womb effects technician |
James Randle | Hotel Reception Manager |
Kay Richardson | Barman |
Run It | Hotel Reception Manager |
Genre: Comedy, Lgbt+
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital
IMDb: 0423409