David Bowie: Five Years (2013)
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An intimate portrait of five key years in David Bowie’s career.
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’.
- Released: 2013-05-25
- Genres: Documentary, Music, TV Movie
- Runtime: 1h 30m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10 from 48 votes
Directed by Francis Whately.
Top cast
- David Bowie as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Visconti as Self
- Nile Rodgers as Self
- Brian Eno as Self
- Robert Fripp as Self
- Andy Warhol as Self (archive footage)
- Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)
- Nicolas Roeg as Self
- Candy Clark as Self
- Earl Slick as Self
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