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A Cock and Bull Story
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A Cock and Bull Story (released in the
United States and
Australia as
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story) is a
2006 British comedy directed by
Michael Winterbottom. It is a film-within-a-film, with
Steve Coogan and
Rob Brydon playing themselves as the egotistical lead and "co-lead" actors in an adaptation of the novel
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by
Laurence Sterne. It was released on both region 1 and region 2
DVD in July
2006.
Most of the film is devoted to the 'frame' story about the two competing actors. The parts of the novel that are covered by the film are limited to the story of Tristram's conception, birth and christening; Uncle Toby's experiences at the battle of Namur; Tristram's sudden and accidental circumcision at the age of three; and the concluding scene of the novel, wherein Yorick says "It is a story about a Cock and a Bull - and the best of its kind that ever I heard!"
This film, and the novel from which it is adapted, are both examples of
metafiction.
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