Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
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Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Rhys Thomas
Starring	Freddie Mercury (archival footage)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Rhys Thomas Jim Beach Joss Crowley
Cinematography	Ric Clark
Editor	Christopher Bird
Running time	65 minutes (UK TV edit) 1:25:05 (standard TV version) 1:47:00 (DVD director's cut version)
Production companies	Eagle Rock; Mercury Songs Ltd
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	16 October 2012 (2012-10-16)
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Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender is an Emmy/Rose d'Or award-winning 2012 feature-length documentary film about Queen singer Freddie Mercury and his attempt to forge a solo career. The film is a British venture co-produced by EMP and Mercury Songs for Eagle Rock Entertainment with Eagle Rock serving as distributor.^[1]

Directed by Rhys Thomas and produced by Jim (Miami) Beach, Rhys Thomas and Joss Crowley. The documentary premiered on BBC One in edited form as part of the Imagine series, and later the Director's Cut was shown on BBC Four. It gained 3.5 million viewers when aired on BBC One in October 2012 and a further 1.2 million when shown on BBC Four.