Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

2012 · 107 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 1,211 VOTES · DIR. Rhys Thomas

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Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 939 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:05 I don't know if they want us to go do you want us to go?
00:04:32 ♪ I was born to love you... ♪
00:07:31 I went through art college.
00:09:40 We all do different things. They'll leave me to just the wardrobe I guess.
00:12:19 and then I realised how I couldn't dance.
00:15:44 ♪ Love kills
00:17:43 and he would sort of pace up and down the control room
00:19:58 and even though we're not together right now
00:23:50 I sometimes forget them, too, you know.
00:27:04 at that early stage, thinking, "This is not going to work."
00:31:18 'On stage, you give this impression that you're quite a formidable individual, Freddie.'
00:34:49 I'm not scared of doing what I want to do.
00:37:22 and when he's going to be middle-aged
00:40:58 So you go on stage, I pretend to be a macho man and all that
00:44:50 and then play her this song and say
00:49:35 I told him when we do an album
00:53:37 And he said, "Oh, well, that sounds interesting.
00:59:57 from the perspective of today's knowledge because
01:02:18 It was the beginning of this illness.
01:05:01 ♪ How can I go on? ♪
01:09:07 and not being kind of possessive about things.
01:13:43 Just to show what sort of person he was
01:21:21 and he has gone back to the album and orchestrated it, faithfully
01:23:56 Go on. And again.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed939
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:23:56

Production Record

DirectorRhys Thomas
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,211