Bob DylanFilmography

Obscene

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Barney Rosset, Amiri Baraka, Jim Carroll, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Al Goldstein

Synopsis: To countless avant-garde novelists, filmmakers, and playwrights, publisher Barney Rosset -- proprietor of the legendary Grove Press -- qualifies as an undisputed hero. Via scores of in-court legal battles, Rosset fought aggressively and valiantly to defend the release of works as varied as William S. Burroughs Read More

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Actors: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray, Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty

Synopsis: Filmmaker Steven Sebring directs this documentary about legendary musician Patti Smith, surveying her life, her career, and the philosophical and spiritual themes that have remained so potent in her work. Following her through 11 years of work and touring, the film explores Smith's artistry in Read More

Bob Dylan: 1978-89 - Both Ends of the Rainbow

Actors: Bob Dylan, Chuck Plotkin, Toby Scott, Malcolm Burn, Mark Howard

Synopsis: This documentary charts a twenty year section of Bob Dylan's illustrious career that begins in 1978 when he began to embrace Christianity, to 1999's album Oh Mercy, which many considered to be an artistic reawakening. The program intersperses archival footage of Dylan with interviews given by Read More

Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan

Actors: Donovan, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mickie Most

The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-1965

Actors: Bob Dylan

Synopsis: Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror -- Live at Newport captures different performances the legendary musician gave at the annual event, including extensive footage from his infamous appearance where he used electric guitars and a rock band backing him. This decision caused a great deal of Read More

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

Actors: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, George Harrison, Bob Dylan

Synopsis: Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich turns to the documentary form for the first time with this lengthy profile of one of rock and roll's enduring talents. Tom Petty: Running Down A Dream presents an in-depth look at Petty's life and career and his work with his long-time band the Heartbreakers, ranging Read More

The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show, 1969-1971

Actors: Kris Kristofferson

Synopsis: The Best of the Johnny Cash Show captures a number of memorable performances from the variety show hosted by the country music legend. This collection includes performances by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Neil Young, Ray Charles, Pete Seeger, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Read More

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Actors: Tom Paxton, Bob Dylan, Natalie Maines, Pete Seeger

Synopsis: The reflective documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song explores the legacy of revered American folk singer and activist Seeger - written and directed by filmmaker Jim Brown when Seeger was in his late '80s. In lieu of recounting the narrative of Seeger's life note-for-note, however, Brown uses Read More

Aurora Borealis

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis, Louise Fletcher, Zack Ward

Synopsis: Duncan (Joshua Jackson), a depressed twentysomething living in a rundown section of Minneapolis, has just lost another job. He has another source of income, letting his brother use his apartment for extramarital trysts. On a rare visit to his grandparents, Ronald (Donald Sutherland) and Ruth (Louise Fletcher Read More

Nearing Grace

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Gregory Smith, Jordana Brewster, Ashley Johnson, David Moscow, Chad Faust

Synopsis: A teenage boy tries to hold his family together while the girl of his dreams drives him to distraction in this coming-of-age comedy drama. It's 1978, and Henry Nearing (Gregory Smith) and his family are in a state of flux. Henry's mother has died, and now his father, Shep (David Morse), is trying Read More

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Actors: Bob Dylan, Paul Nelson

Synopsis: Renowned director Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan chronicles the career of the singer and songwriter during the tumultuous years between 1961 and 1966. Dylan allowed Scorsese to have access to hours of footage that had never before been made public, including a number of Read More

One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

Crew: Featured Music

Synopsis: In the spring and summer of 1972, George McGovern, a Democratic senator from South Dakota, achieved the seemingly impossible. Backed by a motley collection of Prairie populists, old-school liberals, and young people disenchanted with the war in Vietnam, McGovern overwhelmed longtime party Read More

Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan

Synopsis: An all-star cast of gospel singers transforms legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan's gospel compositions into the Grammy-nominated 2003 album {^Gotta Serve Somebody}, and cameras are there to catch all the musical magic as it happens. As a group of dedicated gospel musicians step into the studio Read More

Beyond the Wall

Crew: Featured Music

Masked and Anonymous

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson

Synopsis: Enigmatic rock legend Bob Dylan stars as an enigmatic rock legend (talk about a casting coup!) in this purposefully eccentric satiric comedy. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is an unscrupulous concert promoter who has figured out a way to cash in on the feelings of doubt and uncertainty that Read More

Bob Dylan: 1966 World Tour - The Home Movies

Synopsis: In 1965, Bob Dylan was the reigning king of the new folk music boom, but while he had earned a large and loyal audience playing earnest and elliptical songs of social protest and romantic puzzlement accompanied by his acoustic guitar, he was eager to strike out into new territory, and he shocked Read More

Eric Clapton & Friends: In Concert - A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua

Synopsis: This film documents a charity concert by Eric Clapton who managed to get famous friends like Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, and Mary J. Blige to lend their talents to the proceedings. Over a dozen songs are performed including "Sunshine of Your Love," "Layla," "Crossroads," and "Tears in Heaven." ~ Perry Read More

Don't Look Back

Actors: Marianne Faithfull, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan

Synopsis: In 1965, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker accompanied Bob Dylan to England to make a film about the singer/songwriter's British tour. At the time, no one could have known how fortuitous Pennebaker's timing would prove to be. Within a few months of this tour, Dylan would forsake his role as The Conscience Read More

Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival

Synopsis: For about a year after the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969, it seemed as though everyone wanted to stage a rock festival. However, The Rolling Stones' disastrous Altamont free concert (documented in the film Gimme Shelter) forever tarnished the image of the rock festival in the U.S., while in Read More

MTV Unplugged: Bob Dylan

Synopsis: Each episode of MTV Unplugged features artists of the pop or rock world laying down their amplifiers to present their songs acoustically, without the technological adornments associated with modern music. Many artists take the opportunity to present their songs in unfamiliar arrangements or to Read More

The History of Rock 'n' Roll: Plugging in

Synopsis: In the 1960s, the sound of rock & roll music became more amplified and electric. Part of the ten-volume series The History of Rock 'N' Roll, this installment chronicles the development of the electric sound. Highlights include interviews and archival and concert film footage of various rock icons Read More

Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution - The British Invade America/America Fights Back

Actors: Ed Sullivan

Synopsis: Arguably more than any other program of its kind, The Ed Sullivan Show played a pivotal role in propelling fledgling bands and solo artists into superstardom. This production includes a wide variety of then unknown, now legendary American and English musicians performing exclusively for the show. Read More

Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

Synopsis: Referred to as "Bobfest" by Neil Young, the Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration took place in Madison Square Garden on October 16, 1992. The four-hour concert commemorated Dylan's first album on Columbia Records. Superstar musical guests like Johnny Cash, Eddie Vedder, and Tom Petty Read More

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 - An All-Star Birthday Celebration

Synopsis: For his 60th birthday, country legend Willie Nelson decided to throw a party and invite a few of his closest friends to help him celebrate. Among others appearing are Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Neil Young, B.B. King, Paul Simon, and Waylon Jennings -- most joining Nelson on stage for Read More

The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

Synopsis: Tom Clancy, Pat Clancy, Liam Clancy, and Tommy Makem were three brothers and a close friend who left their native Ireland in the mid-'50s and came to the United States. All four had some experience in the theater in Ireland, and came to New York City hoping to find work as actors. However, they Read More

Backtrack

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, Fred Ward, John Turturro

Synopsis: Originally prepared for European release under the title Catchfire, Backtrack wasn't given a wide distribution until 1991, and then only to capitalize on the Oscar win of Silence of the Lambs star Jodie Foster. In Backtrack, Foster plays a youngish innocent who witnesses a mob hit. Professional Read More

The Freshman

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller, Frank Whaley, Paul Benedict

Synopsis: In this farcical comedy, Matthew Broderick plays Clark Kellogg, an aspiring director who arrives in New York City to attend film school. However, moments after he arrives in the city, he's robbed by Victor Ray (Bruno Kirby), leaving him no money for the $700 in books required by his instructor Read More

Bird on a Wire

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Jeff Corey, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis: The can't-miss teaming of Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn is squandered on a clumsy, illogical romantic melodrama. Running across her old boyfriend Gibson at a Wisconsin gas station, Hawn is astounded that he seems not to recognize her. How could she have known that Gibson was put into the Witness Read More

Flashback

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, Paul Dooley, Cliff De Young

Synopsis: A yuppie and a hippie are the offbeat pairing of this character comedy in the tradition of earlier mismatched buddy films such as Midnight Run (1988). Kiefer Sutherland is uptight, 26-year-old FBI agent John Buckner, who's been assigned to escort an aging counterculture radical named Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper Read More

High Stakes

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Kathy Bates, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sally Kirkland, Robert LuPone, Richard Lynch

Synopsis: Sally Kirkland stars as a good-hearted hooker named Bambi Rose in this odd crime-drama from director Amos Kollek. Bambi is getting a bit long in the tooth, and is at the mercy of a sadistic pimp named Slim (Richard Lynch), who has his fingers in nearly every sort of crime imaginable. When a greedy Read More

Five Corners

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff, John Turturro, Elizabeth Berridge

Synopsis: Quirky comedy, intense drama, and warm nostalgia are all combined in this eccentric look at one night in 1964 amongst the residents of the Five Corners neighborhood of the Bronx. The bulk of the film concerns Linda (Jodie Foster), a young woman who finds herself stalked by a disturbed rapist fresh Read More

Bob Dylan: Phenomenon

Actors: Bob Dylan

Synopsis: This release features a number of critics and music experts discussing the work of the influential singer and songwriter Bob Dylan. The program includes information on songs from throughout his lengthy career. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly

Synopsis: Narrated by Robbie Robertson, A Vision Shared documents the lives and influences of musical folk artists Woody Guthrie and Huddie Ledbetter ( or Leadbelly). Footage of their own personal stories is complemented by performances by fanatical popular stars, inspired still -- decades later -- by the Read More

Rock Milestones: Bob Dylan - Changing Tracks

Actors: Bob Dylan

Synopsis: This documentary looks at the creation of Bob Dylan's {^Blood on the Tracks}, an album considered by many as his finest work in the '70s with songs rooted in the tumultuous emotions Dylan felt during the dissolution of his marriage. The filmmakers showcase the hard work that went into the Read More

Underground Terror

Crew: Producer

Actors: Doc Dougherty, Lenny Loftin, Rick Siler

Synopsis: A New York City police officer struggles to remove the threat presented by a gang of crazed killers who are wreaking havoc in the subway system. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Hamburger Hill

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan, Don James

Synopsis: Though the anti-war sentiments of Hamburger Hill come through loud and clear, the film is squarely on the side of those courageous, much-maligned Americans who fought and died in Vietnam. Based on a true incident, the story takes place in 1969, as the 101st Airborne Division confronts the Vietcong Read More

Withnail & I

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick

Synopsis: Screenwriter Bruce Robinson made his directorial debut with this British comedy. Withnail (Richard E. Grant) is an unsuccessful, pill-popping actor; "I," or Marwood (Paul McGann), is Withnail's roommate and another equally underemployed actor. The time is 1969: Withnail is fast becoming a Read More

Hearts of Fire

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Bob Dylan, Rupert Everett, Fiona, Julian Glover, Suzanne Bertish

Synopsis: This uninspiring drama was unfortunately the last feature film directed by Richard Marquard and was released posthumously. Bob Dylan plays the retired and reclusive rock star (there's a stretch) Billy Parker who falls for aspiring rocker Molly McGuire (Fiona) and takes her under his wing on his Read More

Band of the Hand

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell, Daniele Quinn, James Remar

Synopsis: Former Starsky and Hutch star Paul Michael Glaser warmed the director's chair for Band of the Hand. The film zeroes in on five juvenile delinquents who are plucked from their various detention facilities and unceremoniously dumped in the wilds of the Everglades. The boys begin to panic until Read More

Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Actors: Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Synopsis: Concert footage of both Dylan and Petty directed by Gillian Armstrong. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Grandeur et Décadence D'Un Petit Commerce De Cinema

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Marie Valera

Synopsis: Director Jean-Luc Godard pokes fun at the follies and injustices of small-time filmmaking in this drama-comedy about two apparent has-beens who are trying their best to get together the funds and the cast for a last, desperate bid for cinematic fame and fortune. The duo (Jean-Claude Mocky and Jean-Pierre Leaud Read More

Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid

We Are the World: The Video Event

The Other Side of Nashville

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

Synopsis: Rare filmclips of folksinger Woody Guthrie at work and at play provide the highlights of this 74-minute documentary. Hard Travelin' places Guthrie's musical contributions within the context of their times, utilizing harrowing footage of the devastation wreaked by the Depression and the Dust Bowl. Read More

Parole

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Ellen Barkin

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Parole stars the music of Bob Dylan and Sting. Actually, it stars James Naughton, but the music is (or should have been) the selling angle. Naughton portrays street-smart Boston parole officer Andy Driscoll, who takes a personal interest in each of his charges and tries to Read More

Blinded by the Light

Crew: Singer

Actors: Jimmy McNichol, Kristy McNichol, Anne Jackson, Michael McGuire, Jenny O'Hara

Synopsis: Real-life brother and sister Jimmy and Kristy McNichol star in this made-for-television drama about a claustrophobic cult. Jimmy McNichol stars as David, oldest son of the seemingly well-adjusted Bowers. When David disappears from his family to live with the Light of Salvation cult, sister Janet (Kristy McNichol Read More

Saturday Night Live: Eric Idle [4]

Actors: Eric Idle, Bob Dylan

Synopsis: This 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Eric Idle and features an appearance by Father Guido Sarducci. The musical guest is Bob Dylan. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Renaldo and Clara

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, Joan Baez, Ronnie Hawkins, Ronee Blakely

Synopsis: Bob Dylan made this concert film that chronicles a 1975/1976 performance of his Rolling Thunder Revue. In between songs he, his wife Sara Dylan, along with Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and other counterculture figures perform philosophically based improvisational pieces. During the skits, Dylan Read More

The Last Waltz

Actors: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, Emmylou Harris, Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Eric Clapton

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning to fade. As Scorsese guides the group through Read More

All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music: Go Down, Moses! (Folk "War Songs")

Actors: Arlo Guthrie, Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Country Joe McDonald, James Simmons

Synopsis: This documentary about the history of popular music in America focuses on folk music, tracing its roots back to the American War of Independence, when the music was a mode of expression for the rebellious American spirit. Artists featured in concert footage and interviews include Country Joe Read More

Cathode Ray Theatre

Synopsis: Narrated by Tom DeWitt, this theatrical video explores the reality that is created in illusion in several short scenes. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Songwriter

Actors: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan

Synopsis: A former friend betrays a legendary outlaw in Sam Peckinpah's final Western. Holed up in Fort Sumner with his gang between cattle rustlings, Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) ignores the advice of comrade-turned-lawman Pat Garrett (James Coburn) to escape to Mexico, and he winds up in jail in Read More

The Concert for Bangladesh

Synopsis: Organized by George Harrison after close friend Ravi Shankar alerted him to the plight of refugees seeking independence from Pakistan, this 1971 concert offers performances by both Harrison and Shankar in addition to featuring such legendary recording artists as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Read More

Jud, The Savage Soldier

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Joseph Kaufmann

Synopsis: Joseph Kaufmann stars as Jud, a Vietnam vet who returns to America only to face scorn and ridicule. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Scruggs

Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery, Jr., Lucille Benson

Synopsis: Little Fauss (Michael J. Pollard) and Halsy Knox (Robert Redford) are competing motorcycle racers who form an unusual partnership. The pompous and arrogant Halsy agrees to race under Fauss' name while Fauss serves as his mechanic. Rita (Lauren Hutton) is the rich girl recovering from drugs who Read More

Easy Rider

Crew: Songwriter

Actors: Phil Spector, Antonio Mendoza, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Robert Walker, Jr., Luana Anders, Karen Black

Synopsis: Tossing wristwatches away, two bikers hit the road to find America in Dennis Hopper's anti-establishment classic. After a major cocaine sale to an L.A. connection (Phil Spector), free-wheeling potheads Billy (Hopper) and Wyatt, aka Captain America (Peter Fonda, who also produced), motor eastward Read More

Festival

Actors: Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Donovan, Bob Dylan

Synopsis: An invaluable record of the Newport Folk Festival, the most important annual showcase for roots music from the late '50s through the next decade, Festival packs an amazing amount of information into its brief running time. Director Murray Lerner assembled footage he and several other Read More

When Woodstock Was Young

Actors: Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, The Kinks, Don McLean

Synopsis: This release collects performances by over two-dozen of the elite rock acts in the music's rich history. Among the legendary performers whose work appears here are Rod Stewart, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Earl Scruggs: The Bluegrass Legend - Family & Friends

Synopsis: Country music and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs offers a memorable concert that finds him performing alongside such music superstars as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Byrds, and the Morris Brothers in this release of a stage show featuring such hits as "Nine Pound Hammer", "The Last Thing on my Mind" Read More