According to the film's publicity, a team of 10-15 special effects technicians spent about six months in a tedious post-production process assembling her. But what neither the screen credits nor the production notes reveal is that the virtual Simone is primarily Rachel Roberts, a Canadian model who's graced the cover of Vogue and Elle and appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. As a marketing gimmick, Niccol and New Line Cinema kept Roberts' existence secret for almost two years. Under a gag order, Ms. Roberts used the pseudonym "Anna Green," taken from "anamorphic green screen," a technical term derived from digitally enhanced scenes. Despite that devious, synthetic ploy, on the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Simone" is an enigmatic, enhanced 8, the most capricious anti-Hollywood parody since "The Player." But when you see the smug end credit, "Simone as Herself," you'll know it's 98.6% the real Rachel Roberts.