David Bowie: Five Years

Name: David Bowie: Five Years
Director: Francis Whately
Released: 2013
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Rick Wakeman, John Harris, Ken Scott, Charles Shaar Murray, Trevor Bolder

2013 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 1,799 VOTES · DIR. Francis Whately

Overview

Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive, this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved: from Ziggy Stardust to the Soul Star of Young Americans, to the ‘Thin White Duke’. It explores his regeneration in Berlin with the critically acclaimed album Heroes, his triumph with Scary Monsters and his global success with Let’s Dance. With interviews with all his closest collaborators, David Bowie - Five Years presents a unique account of why Bowie has become an ‘icon of our times’.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,445 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 {\a5} "I guess I was one of the first

00:03:10 'every film that I saw, any bit of theatre

00:06:38 the experience of stardom, wanting to be a star

00:10:46 You know, he's seen the cosmos in the bus stop.

00:14:33 â™ª Is out of sight. â™ª

00:18:21 â™ª I had to break up the band. â™ª

00:22:31 At one point I told him - and you'll have to excuse my language -

00:25:22 'There was no point in doing a straightforward take

00:28:31 â™ª Everybody sure can do it

00:32:47 "Now I was a soul man, now maybe an actor."

00:36:20 I gather that, at your end, you have some music with you.

00:39:42 {\a3}Station To Station from "Station to Station"

00:44:19 I'm not a musician myself in that sense.

00:47:39 he probably did that shit yesterday in somebody's room.

00:51:46 I went naked in Berlin.

00:55:41 {\a9}Brian Eno Synthesizers "Heroes"

00:59:02 - People who go out with me? - No, to WORK with you!

01:03:25 {\a9}John Harris Journlist & Author

01:07:16 Fripp started over dubbing this crazy guitar to it.

01:10:46 'There was no make-up at all.'

01:14:39 But it just doesn't seem like what one would have expected from

01:18:12 â™ª Tremble like a flower. â™ª

01:22:03 He was

01:26:17 â™ª What's your name? â™ª

Cast & Characters

Rick Wakeman Self John Harris Self - journalist, author Ken Scott Self - co-producer 'Hunky Dory' Charles Shaar Murray Self - music journalist Trevor Bolder Self Camille Paglia Self - social critic, author Ava Cherry Self - back-up singer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,445

Dialogue density16.1 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:26:17

Production Record

DirectorFrancis Whately

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,799