Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
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GenreDocumentary
Directed byRhys Thomas
StarringFreddie Mercury
(archival footage)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersRhys Thomas
Jim Beach
Joss Crowley
CinematographyRic Clark
EditorChristopher Bird
Running time
    • 65 minutes (UK TV edit)
    • 1:25:05 (standard TV version)
    • 1:47:00 (DVD director's cut version)
Production companiesEagle Rock; Mercury Songs Ltd
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release16 October 2012 (2012-10-16)
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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.

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