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Bob Dylan – Filmography – Films in which Bob Dylan appears (includes major TV appearances)

sources: https://www.expectingrain.com/dok/film/filmography.html  , imdb.com, wikipedia.com

1963 – The Madhouse on Castle Street [drama, broadcast by BBC

Dylan performed four songs for this one-hour television special, including “Blowin’ in the Wind,”  “Hang Me, O Hang Me,” “Cuckoo Bird,” and “Ballad of the Gliding Swan.”

Bob Dylan – The Ballad of the Gliding Swan

1966 FIFTY FANTASTICS aka FIFTY PERSONALITIES  – screen test)

1967 Dont Look Back

Dont Look Back is a 1967 American documentary film by D. A. Pennebaker that covers Bob Dylan‘s 1965 concert tour in England

1967 Eat the Document

Eat the Document is a documentary of Bob Dylan‘s 1966 tour of the United Kingdom with the Hawks.

watch movie here :

https://archive.org/details/EatTheDocument1967

Bob Dylan and John Lennon

1967 Festival

Festival (stylized as Festival!) is a 1967 American documentary film about the Newport Folk … It also features the infamous 1965 set by Bob Dylan at Newport.

1969 Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music

A classic 1969 biographical documentary about country legend Johnny Cash, produced at the height of his fame

1969 Other side Of Nashville

1972 The Concert for Bangladesh

The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.

1973 – Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Bob Dylan as Alias

An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons–his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Dylan played a mysterious character named Alias, who rarely speaks but aids Billy the Kid at several points. In one memorable scene, he unexpectedly sides with the outlaw and throws a dagger into the neck of an assailant.

1974 Cathode Ray Theatre

1976 The Hard Rain television special

It was sort of a big deal, featuring Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, T-Bone Burnett, Kinky Friedman, David Mansfield, Mick Ronson together on stage. The penultimate show of the second leg – May 23, 1976 at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO

1978 The Last Waltz

Documentary · A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

The Last Waltz is a concert of 1978 directed by Martin Scorsese.
The title comes from the last live appearance of The Bandalla Winterland Arena in San Francisco on 25 November 1976 when the group was accompanied by famous artists such as Bob Dylan.

1979 Renaldo and Clara

Renaldo and Clara is a 1978 American film directed by Bob Dylan and starring Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan, and Joan Baez. Written by Dylan and Sam Shepard

1984  Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin’

”WOODY GUTHRIE: HARD TRAVELIN’ ” is a warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States.

1984 The Other Side of Nashville

1985 Sun City – Artists United Against Apartheid

1985 We Are the World: The Video Event

1986 Hard to Handle

Another legendary Dylan concert in Sydney (Australia) in May 1986 which is accompanied by musicians ringside as Tom Petty and Mike Campbell and interprets classics like ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’ and ‘ Just Like a Woman ‘.

1987 Getting To Dylan

BBC Omnibus film about Bob Dylan’s starring role in the movie HEARTS OF FIRE’, directed by Richard Marquand and co-starring Fiona and Rupert Everett.

 Watch here 

1987 Hearts of Fire

Hearts of Fire is a 1987 American musical drama film starring Bob Dylan, Fiona Flanagan (billed only as “Fiona”) and Rupert Everett.

1990  Catchfire 

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.

The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Jodie FosterJoe Pesci and Bob Dylan

1991 The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

1993 Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration is a live double-album release in recognition of Bob Dylan‘s 30 years as a recording artist

1994 Woodstock ’94

Woodstock 94 is a two-disc set documenting the Woodstock 1994 festival.

1994 MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged is a live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1995 by Columbia Records (reissued in 2007 by Sony). It documents Dylan’s appearance on the then-highly popular MTV Unplugged television series, recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 17 and 18, 1994.

1999 Paradise Cove

Film noir involving Indian casinos, ex-cons seeking redemption, FBI agents and ruthless family of gangsters

Bob Dylan Playing in Dharma & Greg (1999)

2003 Masked and Anonymous

Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 drama film directed by Larry Charles. The film was written by Larry Charles and Bob Dylan,

2005 No Direction Home

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan

2007 The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival

2009 The People Speak

Bob Dylan: 2015 MusiCares Person Of The Year | GRAMMYs

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  1. I had seen more of these than I though I would. Thanks for the list.

    Two missing entries that immediately come to mind are the 20/20 segment in the late 80s (?) and the Ed Bradley 60 minutes interview from the late 90s early 00s.

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