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Chancers: The Great Gangster Film Fraud (2016)
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.
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Cast: Tony Carling, Paul Knight, Jonathan Sothcott, Freddie Foreman, Danny Young, Mel Mills
Crew: Ben Lewis (Director), Tom Swindell (Director of Photography), Simon Barker (Editor), Merlin Bonning (Sound)
Subtitle: ETC.
Release: Jan 24, 2016
Popularity: 0.532
Language: English
Studio: BBC, Rise Films, Splice Post
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America