The James Mangold-directed film is based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book, “Dylan Goes Electric.”
Timothée Chalamet steps into the shoes of Bob Dylan.
A Complete Stranger of James Mangold with Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan presented a new trailer. The film recently confirmed its release date in theaters in the United States, it will be December 24
The biographical drama, written by Mangold and Jay Cocksfollows the folk music legend’s early years in New York City, up to the momentous moment he donned an electric guitar during his performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
What A Complete Stranger is about
Synopsis: “New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and hectic cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and his revolutionary talent, destined to change the world. course of American music. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he becomes restless with the folk movement and, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial decision that resonates culturally around the world.”
They complete the cast Edward Norton Like Pete Seeger, Boyd Holbrook like Johnny Cash, P.J. Byrne like Harold Leventhal, Scott McNairy like Woody Guthrie, Dan Fogler like Albert Grossman and Will Harrison like Bob Neuwirth, among others.
Based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book, “Dylan Goes Electric” and originally titled “Going Electric,” A Complete Stranger borrows a phrase from Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” the plugged-in folk-rock anthem that changed him. all.
Mangold has described the Dylan of his film as “a drifter who arrives from Minnesota with a new name and a new outlook on life.” Their arrival causes a “shock in the folk community and in what they considered proper and illicit folk.” The real-life Dylan, who is 83, provided notes on the script and met with Mangold several times.
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