Project Detail

Mister Lonely

Synopsis

Mister Lonely is a young American living in Paris. He scratches out a living as a Michael Jackson look-alike, dancing on the streets, public parks, tourist spots and trade shows. Different from everyone else - he feels as if he's floating between two worlds. During a car show Michael Jackson meets Marilyn Monroe. Haunted by her angelic beauty he follows her to a commune in the Highlands, joining her husband Charlie Chaplin and her daughter Shirley Temple. A place where everyone is famous and no-one gets old. Here, The Pope, The Queen of England, Charlie Chaplin, Madonna, Marylin Monroe, James Dean and other impersonators construct, with love and passion, a theatre where they intend to stage the greatest show in the world.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
112 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Harmony Korine
Producer
Nadja Romain
Screenwriter
Harmony Korine
Director of Photography
Marcel Zyskind
Principal cast
Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox, Werner Herzog, Leos Carax

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Recorded Picture Company

24 Hanway Street
London W1T 1UH
UK

T +44 (0)20 7636 2251

Sales Company

Celluloid Dreams

2 rue Turgot
Paris 75009
France

T +33 1 49 70 09 88

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