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

00:03:13 'everything went into my mind as being an influence.'

00:06:46 {\a9}John Harris Journalist & Author

00:11:03 The vocals are performances, they are real, they are live

00:14:58 I suppose the whole thing that made Ziggy as popular as it was-stroke-is

00:18:45 â™ª There's a starman Waiting in the sky

00:22:58 Luther Vandross

00:25:59 It's like "flit", but it's the '70s version.

00:29:21 so you can hear what happens.

00:33:33 Oh, a traveller?

00:37:07 â™ª Angel

00:40:59 â™ª I'm thinking that it must be love

00:45:36 and, although I didn't like the point of view

00:49:07 I cannot think of anybody comparable

00:53:25 and rock'n'roll?

00:57:04 So I was having a little flirtation, shall we say

01:01:00 â™ª Oh, we can beat them

01:05:04 â™ª Ashes to ashes, funk to funky

01:09:26 there are long lines at the box office.

01:12:47 {\a3}To take away some of the confusion _

01:16:33 groove and funk and rhythm all at the same time.

01:20:39 This is the '80s. It's MTV explosion time.

01:24:58 It was major at that point in time, in '83.

06:19:07 went to New York to sign a contract with RCA Records.

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 line06:19:07

Production Record

DirectorFrancis Whately

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,799