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Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

20127.31h 47m

Overview

Archive footage of interviews, concerts and personal material bring to light the solo performance work of Mercury, the lead singer of Queen.

Directed by Rhys Thomas
Produced by Jim Beach, Rhys Thomas, Joss Crowley
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Top Cast

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

Self (archive footage)

Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor

Self

Brian May

Brian May

Self

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

Self (archive footage)

Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé

Self

P

Peter Freestone

Self

David Arnold

David Arnold

Self

John Reid

John Reid

Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas

D

David Wigg

Themes & Keywords

concertrock starbiographysingingarchive footagerock singercelebrity interviewmusic documentarygay artistdocumentaryfreddie mercury

About Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender is a music, documentary film released in 2012 exploring themes of concert, rock star, biography, singing, archive footage, rock singer. Directed by Rhys Thomas, it stars Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May. Archive footage of interviews, concerts and personal material bring to light the solo performance work of Mercury, the lead singer of Queen.

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