David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whately’s documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowie’s golden ‘70s and early-‘80s period.
- Released: 2017-01-07
- Genres: Music, Documentary, TV Movie
- Runtime: 1h 30m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 61 votes
Directed by Francis Whately.
Top cast
- David Bowie as Self (archive footage)
- Michael C. Hall as Self
- Toni Basil as Self
- Tony Visconti as Self
- Gail Ann Dorsey as Self
- Donny McCaslin as Self
- Geoff MacCormack as Self
- Maria Schneider as Self
- Robert Fox as Self
Where to watch David Bowie: The Last Five Years
- United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Australia: stream on DocPlay, DocPlay Amazon Channel
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