A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 14 wins & 50 nominations total
David Bowie
- Self
- (archive footage)
Trevor Bolder
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ken Fordham
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mike Garson
- Self
- (archive footage)
John 'Hutch' Hutchinson
- Self
- (archive footage)
Geoff MacCormack
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Geoffrey MacCormack)
Mick Ronson
- Self
- (archive footage)
Brian Wilshaw
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mick Woodmansey
- Self
- (archive footage)
Carlos Alomar
- Self
- (archive footage)
Gui Andrisano
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ava Cherry
- Self
- (archive footage)
Robin Clark
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dennis Davis
- Self
- (archive footage)
Greg Errico
- Self
- (archive footage)
Herbie Flowers
- Self
- (archive footage)
Richard Grando
- Self
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaDuncan Jones, David Bowie's BAFTA-winning film director son from his first marriage with Angie Bowie, had toyed with the idea about making an official biographical film about his father. However, he found it difficult to focus on the topic, as he was too close to the subject matter and too emotionally involved to make such a film and would rather concentrate on continuing to make fiction films. However, he did tell his stepmother and Bowie's wife Stardust (2020) that he wouldn't stand in the way of this film, provided that it was respectful, truthful, and she was happy with it.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
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Musical montage, not biopic
It's more of a series of musical montages than a biopic, really. This seems to be Morgen's shtick at this point. Some montages work better than others and while I didn't find the movie that pretentious, as others have said, some montages were just drawn out too long even if they were pretty cool.
It might have been better to take a more balanced approach where there is more actual information presented about Bowie's life and career (there was some but not enough, IMO). This movie is short on details in that regard; it paints over everything in Bowie's career with a broad brush and goes into very little detail re: how, exactly, his career progressed. The overarching message presented is nice but fairly cliche: embrace life, appreciate each day, live in the present moment, etc. Nevertheless, it will still be enjoyable for those who like Bowie's music.
It might have been better to take a more balanced approach where there is more actual information presented about Bowie's life and career (there was some but not enough, IMO). This movie is short on details in that regard; it paints over everything in Bowie's career with a broad brush and goes into very little detail re: how, exactly, his career progressed. The overarching message presented is nice but fairly cliche: embrace life, appreciate each day, live in the present moment, etc. Nevertheless, it will still be enjoyable for those who like Bowie's music.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,218,925
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,230,145
- Sep 18, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $13,095,781
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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