The Big Tease

Infobox Film
name = The Big Tease


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director = Kevin Allen
writer = Sacha Gervasi, Craig Ferguson
starring = Craig Ferguson, Frances Fisher, Mary McCormack, David Rasche
producer = Kevin Allen, Craig Ferguson, Sacha Gervasi, W. Mark McNair, Philip Rose
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
budget =
released = 28 January 2000 (USA)
runtime = 86 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0156639

The Big Tease is a 1999 comedy film starring Craig Ferguson, directed by Kevin Allen and written by Ferguson and Sacha Gervasi.

Plot

Ferguson plays Crawford Mackenzie, a Scottish hairdresser who, while being filmed as part of a fly-on-the-wall documentary, is invited to the World Hairdresser International Federation annual contest. The documentary team follows Crawford to L.A. where he discovers that his invitation is to be a member of the audience rather than a competitor. He eventually weasels his way into the contest and produces the greatest creation of his career.

Ratings

*Argentina:13
*Australia:M
*Chile:14
*Finland:K-12
*Germany:6
*Iceland:L
*Italy:T
*UK:15
*U.S.:R

Trivia

*The film was also known as:
**"Con mucho estilo" (Spain)
**"Der Grosse Mackenzie"(Germany)
**"Je M'Appelle Crawford (U.S. [working title] )
**"Scissors Cup (Japan, English video title)
**"Sukkelat sakset (Finland TV title)
*This movie was filmed in Glasgow and Los Angeles.
*The inspiration for this film arose out of Craig Ferguson's desire to make a cheerful film that celebrates Scottishness, as opposed to the epic nature of films like "Braveheart" and "Rob Roy", and the downbeat quality of "Trainspotting" and "Shallow Grave".
*The script was snapped up by Warner Brothers after a five day bidding war.
*Warner Brothers was the only studio prepared to immediately greenlight the film. A fast turnaround was required so it could be shot while Ferguson was on hiatus from 'The Drew Carey Show'.
*Frances Fisher was originally to read for the part of Monique, a role which went to Mary McCormack. Instead she opted to play Candy, the publicist.
*It took the casting director about 5 weeks to fill all 70 roles in the film.
*Craig Ferguson attended a hairdressing institute to learn all about the art of hairdressing.
*The hairpieces used in the final Platinum Scissors competition are made from real human hair. Acrylic (which is normally used in wigs) doesn't photograph well and ends up looking like plastic. Each hairpiece weighed about 4 pounds.

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