For a number of years last decade, a British conman, Alan Conway, lived fairly large: ambling around London society pretending to be the great Stanley Kubrick. He was aided in no small part by the filmmaker's legendary reclusiveness, which ensured that few ordinary mortals knew what he looked or sounded like. Played here by John Malkovich, Conway is a compelling rogue, so confident in his deception that he barely bothered to learn his own supposed filmography (or even see Kubrick's films in the first place) - and his exploits are detailed with a cool, picaresque delight: not for nothing is this subtitled 'A true ... ish story.' Packed with insider film references, from the visuals to the score (both the screenwriter and director worked for some time with the real Stanley K), this is a study

of celebrity, deception and good old-fashioned grifting

BRIAN COOK (Director / Producer), after a distinguished career as an assistant director and producer, is making his directorial debut. His thirty-year working relationship with Stanley Kubrick made Colour Me Kubrick the perfect choice?Cook worked as first assistant director on Barry Lyndon (1975), The Shining (1980), and Eyes Wide Shut (1996); he was also co-producer on Eyes Wide Shut. He worked as first assistant director on five Michael Cimino films, including Heaven?s Gate (1980), Year of the Dragon (1985), and Desperate Hours (1990); Mel Brooks? History of the World Part I (1981); Casualties of War, the 1989 Brian de Palma film; Robert Benton?s Billy Bathgate (1991); and two films directed by Sean Penn?The Crossing Guard (1995) and The Pledge (2001 Cook also worked as production supervisor on Ridley Scott?s Academy Award-winner Gladiator (2000).