Frank — International Trailer

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added: Thu, Mar 6th '14

Michael Fassbender is no dummy, but he sure has the face of one in the new international trailer for the upcoming black comedy "Frank," which follows an avant-garde musician whose greatest gimmick for greatness involves wearing an enormous paper-mache head.

The recent Oscar-nominee plays the fame-hungry pop-art composer who, like his contemporaries Daft Punk, never takes off his doll-like disguise, not even to his fellow band mates (played by Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Scoot McNairy). Strange? You're damn right it's strange.

And we would have thought it was totally made-up if it wasn't for the fact that acclaimed Irish director Lenny Abrahamson (What Richard Did) and screenwriter Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) were actually inspired by the real-life underground music act by 80s English artist Chris Sievey, whose paper-mache creation went by the name of Frank Sidebottom.

Jon Ronson, the book author of "The Men Who Stare at Goats," was once a keyboard player for the Frank Sidebottom band. He co-writes the script with Straughan, using his own experiences as the basis for the film.

"Frank" premiered earlier this year at Sundance to mostly positive reviews, it now heads into SXSW next week before landing in the UK in May. The film will also have a US release later in the year as it was acquired by Magnolia Pictures.