Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of the 21st Century filmakers, "A Cock and Bull Story" is the making of a movie adapted from the notoriously unfilmable English literature masterpiece, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Sahndy, Gentlemen," written by Laurence Sterne.

The story begins with Tristram Shandy (Steve Coogan) narrating his life story as he sees it. Crammed with literary jokes and dark humor, Shandy's warped childhood tales are constantly interrupted by his family and household, inadvertently revealing far more about himself than any conventional autobiography.

At the dramatic moment of Tristram's birth, the 1st Assistant Director calls cut, marking the end of a filming day on the set of Tristram Shandy. We then see Steve Coogan, the other actors and crew through the course of a chaotic evening on set. Steve Coogan's wife arrives with their six month old baby, a journalist is chasing him about a scandalous story, his agent has arrived with a load of Hollywood scripts and the film financiers are threatening to pull the plug.

Comedy

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story.

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  Steve Coogan

  Despicable Me 4, The Penguin Lessons

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  Rob Brydon

  The Huntsman: Winter's War, Holmes & Watson

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  Keeley Hawes

  Scoop, High Rise

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  Kelly MacDonald

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, The Radleys

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  Jeremy Northam

  The Singing Detective, Possession

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  James Fleet

  The Phantom of the Opera, Tristram Shandy

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  Ian Hart

  Escape From Pretoria, Marlowe

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  Shirley Henderson

  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, See How They Run

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  Stephen Fry

  Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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  Gillian Anderson

  The Salt Path, White Bird

Crew Behind the Film

The Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director

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Screenwriters

Micael Winterbottom
Frank Cotterell Boyce

Producer

Andrew Eaton

Production Details

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Dec 2004

Completed

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