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.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC Studios, BBC Music
Keywords
- artist
- portrait
- united kingdom
- rise to fame
- music documentary
- life and career
- documentary
- music
- bowie
- biographical documentary
- rise and realize
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Top Cast
David Bowie as Self (archive footage)
Kristina Amadeus as Self
Hermione Farthingale as Self
Lindsay Kemp as Self
Tony Visconti as Self
Dana Gillespie as Self
Geoff MacCormak as Self
George Underwood as Self
Top Crew
Francis Whately · Director
Kim Tae Hak · Editor
Ged Murphy · Editor
Paul Williams · Producer
Phil Dolling · Executive Producer
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