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Flashbacks of a Fool

Name: Flashbacks of a Fool
Director: Baillie Walsh
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008-06-05
Cast: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Miriam Karlin, Jodhi May, Helen McCrory

Drama

An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.

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Cast

Daniel CraigHarry EdenMiriam KarlinJodhi MayHelen McCroryOlivia WilliamsFelicity JonesKeeley HawesSid MitchellAlfie AllenClaire ForlaniMark Strong

Director

Baillie Walsh

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