A Cock and Bull Story

About A Cock and Bull Story

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.

Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 comedy history film. The film is filed under filmmaking and film in film.

Steve Coogan takes the lead as Tristram Shandy, Rob Brydon as Toby Shandy, Keeley Hawes as Elizabeth Shandy, and Shirley Henderson as Susannah. At 94 minutes long, it arrived in July 2005.

The screenplay is by Frank Cottrell Boyce. It was produced by Baby Cow Productions, BBC Film, and East Midlands Media Initiative. The film began as a novel.

Ready Player One, Hugo, and Hail, Caesar! make useful companions to A Cock and Bull Story. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 157 votes and it carries a R rating.