It stars John Malkovich[2] as Alan Conway, a British con-man who impersonated director Stanley Kubrick for several years in the 1990s.

None of these people catch on to the fact that Conway actually knows relatively little about Kubrick or his films, and he puts on a different persona—ranging from reserved English gentleman to flamboyant Jewish-American stereotype—with each victim.

In an attempt to avoid prosecution, Conway acts as though he really thinks he is Stanley Kubrick and is sent to a mental hospital, where his doctor publishes a case study of him in a medical journal.

He convinces the doctor he has recovered from his mental breakdown, but she says he still needs treatment for his alcoholism and arranges for the National Health Service to pay for him to attend a four-week program at the luxurious Rimini Clinic, where many celebrities go for rehab.

Alan Conway had already been impersonating Kubrick for many years by that point, but it was during the filming of Eyes Wide Shut that the director became aware of the situation.

[4] Brian Cook, an assistant director who worked with Kubrick on three films, including Eyes Wide Shut, read Frewin's script and enjoyed it.

The version of "Midnight, the Stars and You" by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Al Bowlly is featured during the closing credits of both this film and The Shining (1980), but does not appear on Colour Me Kubrick's soundtrack album.

[citation needed] Colour Me Kubrick was released in 2006 in various countries (France, Russia, Portugal) and on 23 March 2007 in the United States.