After 24 Hour Party People, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story and The Trip, comedian Steve Coogan and director Michael Winterbottom team up again...
After 24 Hour Party People, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story and The Trip, comedian Steve Coogan and director Michael Winterbottom team up again with this biopic of the larger-than-life Paul Raymond - the British adult entertainment mogul dubbed the 'King of Soho', who in 1992 was named the richest man in Britain.
Starting his career as a mind-reader in the 1950s, it doesn't take long for Paul Raymond to incorporate nude women into his act - though under UK law of the time, they aren't allowed to actually move onstage. Going on to open England's first strip club, adult theatres and publish several magazines over the subsequent decades, Raymond amasses a sizeable fortune, but embracing the opportunities his chosen career affords him (sex, drugs, more sex) costs him his marriage to Jean (Anna Friel). Undeterred, Raymond continues to build an adult entertainment empire, transforming Soho and falling for a vicar's daughter (Tamsin Egerton). But as he attains top spot on the UK's rich list and prepares to hand over his business affairs to daughter Debbie (Imogen Poots), events take a tragic turn.
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- Runtime
- 97
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, True Story & Biography
- Country of origin
- UK, USA