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The Imposter

Stars: Adam O’Brian, Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Anna Ruben | Directed by Bart Layton

I was sorry to have missed The Imposter in the cinema last year, so I was very glad to get the chance the chance to cover the DVD review. As you may be aware, The Imposter is a documentary about Frédéric Bourdin, a French conman who impersonated Nicholas Barclay, a Texan teenager who had been missing for three years. The film is comprised of interviews with Bourdin, Barclay’s family and authorities involved with the case, as well as dramatic reconstructions of key events in the story.

Although the events portrayed by the film are all matters of fact, it’s easy to use words such as ‘story’ and ‘plot’ to describe it given how similar it is to a tightly wound potboiler thriller. As well as the Frederick Forsyth-style intricacies of the intrigue,...

Indomina Releasing has finally granted The Imposter a DVD release, and it's coming at us sooner rather than later. Look for the flick in stores and on various VOD platforms beginning on January 22, 2013!

The film, directed by Bart Layton, stars Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide, Charlie Parker, Nancy Fisher, Bryan Gibson, Bruce Perry, and Philip French. No word on any special features.

Synopsis

A gripping thriller straight out of real life, The Imposter is an original film experience that walks the razor's edge between true-crime documentary and stylish noir mystery. The twisting, turning tale begins with an unsettling disappearance--that of Nicholas Barclay, a 13-year-old Texas boy who vanishes without a trace. Three and a half years later, staggering news arrives: The boy has been found, thousands of miles from home in Spain, saying he survived a mind-boggling ordeal of kidnap and torture by shadowy captors. His family is ecstatic...

The Imposter tells a story that any self-respecting Hollywood studio boss would throw in the bin for being ridiculous. Except it happens to be true.

The Imposter - strange but true

Because, Frederic Bourdin, a young Frenchman with Algerian blood and brown eyes, known to Interpol for his ability to deceive, defraud and impersonate, really did turn up at a Spanish police station and announce that he was teenager Nicholas Barclay (seven years younger), the long-lost son of Beverly Dollarhide, a blonde boy with blue eyes, as well as a tattoo on his hand. How did he explain his absence? He'd been abducted by an international child prostitution ring years before.

And Beverly and her daughter Carey welcomed him with open arms, and took him back to their home in Texas, where he lived as Nicholas for three months, until he was busted by a tenacious private investigator who happened to look at his ears.

Third poster for Bart Layton's The Imposter. "The greatest mystery in the disappearance of Nicolas Barclay is the day he came home" This is one film I am super-keen to see. With such a plot (read below the poster), it's impossible not to be intrigued. The documentary opened on July 13th via Indomina Releasing, with people in the mix including Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide, Charlie Parker, Nancy Fisher, Bryan Gibson, Bruce Perry and Philip French. Synopsis: "There Are Two Sides To Every Lie" A gripping thriller straight out of real life, The Imposter is an original film experience that walks the razor's edge between true-crime documentary and stylish noir mystery. The twisting, turning tale begins with an unsettling disappearance--that of Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year-old Texas boy who vanishes without a trace. Three and a half years later, staggering news arrives: the boy has been found, thousands of miles from home in Spain,...

Third poster for Bart Layton's The Imposter. "The greatest mystery in the disappearance of Nicolas Barclay is the day he came home" This is one film I am super-keen to see. With such a plot (read below the poster), it's impossible not to be intrigued. The documentary opened on July 13th via Indomina Releasing, with people in the mix including Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide, Charlie Parker, Nancy Fisher, Bryan Gibson, Bruce Perry and Philip French. Synopsis: "There Are Two Sides To Every Lie" A gripping thriller straight out of real life, The Imposter is an original film experience that walks the razor's edge between true-crime documentary and stylish noir mystery. The twisting, turning tale begins with an unsettling disappearance--that of Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year-old Texas boy who vanishes without a trace. Three and a half years later, staggering news arrives: the boy has been found, thousands of miles from home in Spain,...

The Imposter Indomina Releasing Director: Bart Layton Cast: Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide, Charlie Parker, Nancy Fisher, Bryan Gibson, Bruce Perry, Philip French, Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach, Alan Teichman, Ivan Villanueva, Maria Jesus Hoyos Screened at: A&E, NYC, 7/3/12 Opens: July 13, 2012 Admit it: You’ve sometimes imagined what it would seem to be like someone else; to have Bill Gates’s money, President Obama’s prestige, Tom Cruise’s popularity, Brad Pitt’s looks, Angelina Jolie’s lips. But how often have you wished to actually Be someone else? There are precedents. in Daniel Vigne’s movie “The Return of Martin Guerre,” a man leaves his family and friends for the war [ Read More ]...

Check out the trailer for Indomina's The Imposter, directed by Bart Layton, starring Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson and Beverly Dollarhide This is one eerie-looking film! A masterfully-made trailer will really get you both interested and spooked at the story (below) of the film which opens July 13th, and also includes Charlie Parker, Nancy Fisher, Bryan Gibson, Bruce Perry and Philip French. "There Are Two Sides To Every Lie" A gripping thriller straight out of real life, The Imposter is an original film experience that walks the razor's edge between true-crime documentary and stylish noir mystery. The twisting, turning tale begins with an unsettling disappearance--that of Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year-old Texas boy who vanishes without a trace. Three and a half years later, staggering news arrives: the boy has been found, thousands of miles from home in Spain, saying he survived a mind-boggling ordeal of kidnap and torture by shadowy captors.