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The Great Hip Hop Hoax

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Scottish friends Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain adopt fake accents and pass themselves off as a California rap group.

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Mike McCahill Guardian It's mostly a poppy, funny anecdote, if no advert for the music biz: Daniel Bedingfield emerges as one of its savvier souls. Rated: 3/5 Sep 5, 2013 Full Review Sophie Monks Kaufman Little White Lies Undoubtably, the best reason to watch The Great Hip Hop Hoax is the delirious schadenfreude of seeing high-level execs getting taken for a ride by a pair of chancers. Rated: 3/5 Sep 5, 2013 Full Review David Gritten Daily Telegraph (UK) A smart morality tale about the illusory nature of celebrity, and the pressures it exerts once attained. Rated: 4/5 Sep 5, 2013 Full Review Graeme Tuckett Stuff.co.nz A story so good, it can only be true. Dec 28, 2020 Full Review Jim Ross TAKE ONE Magazine THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX is a mild indictment of the artifice of modern music, and a portrait of obsession and the malleability of identity. It may leave you questioning whether the hoax referred to is the audacious Gavin and Billy, or modern music itself. Feb 13, 2020 Full Review Ben Nicholson CineVue A strange and enthralling story, about the absurd lengths gone to in the name of fame, that Jeanie Finlay has presented with compassion and insight. Rated: 3/5 Mar 2, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Intriguing and almost unbelievable story. Interviews are great and give insight into these strange characters. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Thought provoking documentary about music industry, the pursuit for success, but also how innocent lies can destroy lives and friendship Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting documentary about two chancers from Scotland who fooled the record industry into thinking they were American so they could be signed to a record label. I do not care for this type of music much, but it was interesting to see how the story played out. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member This is like something out of an 80's comedy. A fascinating, funny, dark, insane documentary about two lads from Scotland who pretend to be a hip hop duo from L.A and in the process land a record deal. A must see. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member The fooled them all - This gripping documentry was so so so good and the boys so likeable. How they managed to do it who knows. They did become a bit creepily to much like their make up alto agos but the never faltered. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member An intriguing insight into the gullibility of the music industry. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Scottish friends Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain adopt fake accents and pass themselves off as a California rap group.
Director
Jeanie Finlay
Producer
Jeanie Finlay, Al Morrow
Screenwriter
Jeanie Finlay
Genre
Documentary, Comedy, Music
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m