Flashbacks of a Fool
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United Kingdom · 2008
Rated R · 1h 50m
Director Baillie Walsh
Starring Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Miriam Karlin, Jodhi May
Genre Drama
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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 1970's Britain.
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