Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 29 wins & 49 nominations total
Kris Kristofferson
- Narrator
- (voice)
Roc Lafortune
- Hobo Moe
- (as Roc LaFortune)
Brian R.C. Wilmes
- Circus Man
- (as Brian RC Wilmes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTodd Haynes needed to get approval from Bob Dylan to use his music, since (unlike in his Velvet Goldmine (1998) where David Bowie did not give his permission for his music) he felt the film would not work without it. At the encouragement of Dylan's manager, Haynes wrote a one-page summary of his concept and the characters, which Dylan approved. It took another 6 years to get the film made due to funding difficulties.
- GoofsWhen Woody's character is first seen he is running towards a train going North but when he is sitting on the train, it is noticeably going South.
- Quotes
Billy the Kid: People are always talking about freedom. Freedom to live a certain way, without being kicked around. Course the more you live a certain way, the less it feel like freedom. Me, uhm, I can change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else. I don't know who I am most of the time.
- Crazy creditsThe way the title appears on the screen at the opening would read: I he I'm her not her not here. I'm not there" (period included).
- SoundtracksGoin' to Acapulco
Performed by Jim James and Calexico
Written by Bob Dylan
Published by Dwarf Music (SESAC)
Produced by Joey Burns
Jim James appears courtesy of ATO Records
Calexico appears courtesy of Quarterstick Records
Featured review
Painfully Pretentious
Before I saw this movie, I didn't know very much about Bob Dylan. By watching this I was hoping to gain some insight into his life and his beloved songwriting. After viewing the movie I walked away more confused than I did coming in. For an artist that wrote and performed songs relating to the working class American, it seems strange that a pretentious art-house angle would be used to portray his life. He came across as a cold, bitter individual. The meandering and unfocused direction of the movie seemed to have been made by an amateur college student with no sense of breathing life into it's subject. It's a shame that the talent of Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere and others were wasted. Perhaps I will gain a strong appreciation of Dylan, but I didn't from watching this.
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- NewWaveDav
- Jun 12, 2008
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,017,609
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $730,819
- Nov 25, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $11,792,542
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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