The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Coming 50 years after the release of Space Oddity, the 90-minute film explores the Bowie before Ziggy Stardust, following the period from 1966 when he changed his name from David Jones to Bowie. It includes footage from the BBC Archives including footage of a BBC audition in 1965 of David Bowie and the Lower Third, which included a performance of Chim-Chim-Cheree and Baby That's A Promise.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Francis WhatelyDirector
Cast
- David BowieSelf (archive footage)
- Kristina AmadeusSelf
- Hermione FarthingaleSelf
- Lindsay KempSelf
- Tony ViscontiSelf
- Dana GillespieSelf
- Geoff MacCormakSelf
- George UnderwoodSelf
- Mike VernonSelf
- Tony HatchSelf
- Phil LancasterSelf
- Rick WakemanSelf
Stills
Themes
artistportraitunited kingdomrise to famemusic documentarylife and careerdocumentarymusicbowiebiographical documentaryrise and realize