Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (2012)

Directed by

Rhys Thomas

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at Freddie Mercury's efforts to build a solo career outside of Queen. It uses archive footage and interviews to show his ambitions and the challenges he faced.

informativearchival-heavyinsightfulearnestreflectiveretrospectivefocused

What happens

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender is a 2012 British feature-length documentary film about Queen singer Freddie Mercury and his attempt to forge a solo career. The film is a venture co-produced by EMP and Mercury Songs for Eagle Rock Entertainment, with Eagle Rock serving as distributor. Directed by Rhys Thomas and produced by Thomas, Jim Beach, and Joss Crowley, the documentary premiered on BBC One in edited form as part of the Imagine series, and later the director's cut was shown on BBC Four. It won an International Emmy Award and a Rose d'Or. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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