85'
2016-01-24
Overview:
Documentary about a bankrupt Jordanian entrepreneur and an unemployed Irish actress who hatch a plan to scam £2.5m off the British taxman by faking the production of a £20m movie. But they are found out, arrested and then bailed. While out on bail, they decide to prove their innocence by actually making a film. They hire a former nightclub bouncer, now a self-made micro-budget gangster film director. In 2011, Paul Knight makes their movie for under £100,000 with a cast of soap and gangster movie stars including Danny Midwinter, Marc Bannerman and Loose Women's Andrea McLean. The film's title is A Landscape of Lies. But the cinematic alibi does not convince the jury when the trial runs in 2013. The producers are convicted of tax fraud and given long sentences.
Details:
- Budget: 0
- Home page
- Revenue: 0
- List of countries:
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- List of languages:
- English
- List of companies:
- BBC
- Rise Films
- Splice Post
- Vote Count: 1
- Popularity: 0.6264
- Status: Released
- Original title:Chancers: The Great Gangster Film Fraud
