movie

2005 · Japan, United Kingdom, United States

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 208 min
Age rating: G
Language: English
Country: Japan, United Kingdom, United States

Why tonight?

A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.

The story

A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

singer-songwriter
rock singer
performance folk rock
retired singer
life and career
famous song
biographical
biographical documentary

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Pete Seeger — Self
Mavis Staples — Self
Dave Van Ronk — Self
D. A. Pennebaker — Self
John F. Kennedy — Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. — Self (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese — Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suze Rotolo — Self
Liam Clancy — Self
Maria Muldaur — Self
Robbie Robertson — Self (archive footage)

Directed: Martin Scorsese

Production

Rating: 7.8 / 10 · 148 ratings
Studio: Grey Water Park Productions, Spitfire Pictures, Thirteen, The WNET Group, PBS, BBC

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.