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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.