Basic
Info
Title:
I'm Not There
Genre:
Biography, Drama, Music
Country:
United States, Germany
Language:
English
Running
time: 135 minutes
Release
date: September 3, 2007 (Venice Film Festival), November
21, 2007 (United States), February 28, 2008 (Germany)
Staff
Director:
Todd Haynes
Producer:
Christine Vachon, James D. Stern, John Sloss, John Goldwyn
Written
by: Todd Haynes, Oren Moverman
Cinematography:
Edward Lachman
Edited
by: Jay Rabinowitz
Cast
Christian Bale as Jack
Rollins/Pastor John
Cate Blanchett as Jude Quinn
Marcus Carl Franklin as Woody
Guthrie
Richard Gere as Billy the Kid
Heath Ledger as Robbie Clark
Ben Whishaw as Arthur Rimbaud
Summary
"I'm Not There" is a 2007 musical drama film directed by Todd Haynes and co-written by Haynes and Oren Moverman. It is a biographical film inspired by the life and music of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
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| Bob Dylan |
In the film, six actors, Christian Bale, Cate
Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw,
depict different facets of Dylan's public personas. A caption at the beginning
of the film declares, "This film was inspired by Bob Dylan's music and
many lives." This declaration is the only mention of Bob Dylan in the
film, except for his songs, and his only appearance in the film is concert
footage from 1966 during the final moments of the film.
The title of the film is derived from "I'm Not There," a song from Bob Dylan's album "The Basement Tapes" in 1967, which was not officially released until it appeared on the film's soundtrack album.
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| The Basement Tapes |
The film received a generally favorable response and topped in the lists of The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Salon and The Boston Globe.
In particular, Cate Blanchett, who was
nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Award, won Best Supporting
Actress at the Golden Globe Award and won Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the
Venice Film Festival, received special praise for her performance.
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| Cate Blanchett |
Movie
Review
“A film biography that's
complex, like its subject”
“Multi-faceted Dylan”
“A tribute to Dylan”
“Essential for any Dylan
fan”
“The finest American film
of the 21st century”
“Incredible Film”
“Beautiful, Unique &
Full of Life”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. Colin Farrell was originally cast as Robbie Clark, but he gave up casting because he had to undergo back treatment, and Heath Ledger replaced him. Later, Farrell replaced Ledger in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)" after Ledger's death.
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| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
2. Various sections of the film were inspired by various films. The "Jude" section was inspired by "8gwa 1/2 (1963)", the "Billy" section was inspired by the "hippie westerns" of the late 60s and early 70s such as Sam Peckinpah's films and the "Robbie" section was inspired by Jean-Luc Godard's films, especially "Masculin féminin (1966)".
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| Eight and a Half |
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| Masculin féminin (1966) |
3. Director Todd Haynes never met Bob Dylan.
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| Todd Haynes |
4. Kris Kristofferson, who narrates the film, is a friend of Bob Dylan. They both appeared in the film "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)".
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| Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid |
5. This is the first film starring
Christian Bale & Heath Ledger together before "The Dark Knight
(2008)", a film starring Christian Bale as The Batman and Heath Ledger as
The Joker.
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| Christian Bale |
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| Heath Ledger |
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| The Dark Knight |
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