The film directed by James Mangold is based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book, “Dylan Goes Electric.”
A Complete Unknown of James Mangold with Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan confirmed its release date in US theaters, 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 strapped on an electric guitar during his performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
A Complete Unknown Trailer
In the trailer, Chalamet walks through the streets of Manhattan, passing Dylan’s favorite haunts like Cafe Wha? and the Chelsea Hotel. The actor also sings a moving version of Dylan’s 1963 protest song, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”. It seems that a love triangle is beginning to form between Dylan and Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro) and Sylvie Russo (Elle Fanning), who appears to be a fictional version of Dylan’s then-girlfriend Suze Rotolo, who appears on the cover of the album “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”.
Completing the cast Edward Norton like Pete Seeger, Boyd Holbrook like Johnny Cash, PJ Byrne like Harold Leventhal, Scoot 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 Unknown” borrows a line from Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” the plugged-in folk-rock anthem that changed everything.
Mangold has described the Dylan in his film as “a drifter who comes from Minnesota with a new name and a new outlook on life.” His arrival causes a “shock in the folk community and in what they considered proper and illicit folk.” The real-life Dylan, who is 83, gave notes on the script and met with Mangold several times.
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