Film

A Cock and Bull Story

2005 · 1h 34m · Comedy · History

Because everyone loves an accurate period piece.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Metacritic

80

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.

Steve Coogan

Tristram Shandy / Walter Shandy / Steve Coogan

Rob Brydon

Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon

Keeley Hawes

Elizabeth Shandy / Keeley Hawes

Shirley Henderson

Susannah / Shirley Henderson

Raymond Waring

Trim

Conal Murphy

Six-Year-Old Tristam

Joe Williams

Nine-Year-Old Tristam

Paul Kynman

Obadiah

Mark Tandy

London Doctor

Dylan Moran

Dr. Slop

Jack Shepherd

Surgeon

David Walliams

Parson

Jeremy Northam

Mark

Benedict Wong

Ed

Naomie Harris

Jennie

Claire Keelan

Make-Up Assistant

• Michael WinterbottomDirector
• Frank Cottrell BoyceWriter
• Laurence SterneNovel
• Andrew EatonProducer
• Martin HardyProducer
• Wendy BrazingtonProducer · Casting
• Anita OverlandProducer
• Jeff AbberleyExecutive Producer
• David M. ThompsonExecutive Producer
• Julia BlackmanExecutive Producer

Trailer

Release date

July 17, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Revenue

$3,931,707

Genres

Comedy, History

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