Flashbacks of a Fool

Flashbacks of a Fool

6.2IMDb Score
Released:2008-06-05
Genre:Drama
Duration:110 min
Country:United Kingdom
Director:Baillie Walsh
Actors:Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Miriam Karlin, Jodhi May, Helen McCrory
Production:Left Turn Films, Ugly Duckling Films, Miramax

Overview:

An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.

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