David Bowie: Finding Fame
February 9, 2019
94 min
✓ Released 2692 days ago
Documentary
Music
6.9
User Score
32 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Francis Whately
Runtime: 94 min
Top Cast
David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
Kristina Amadeus
Self
Hermione Farthingale
Self
Lindsay Kemp
Self
Tony Visconti
Self
Dana Gillespie
Self
Geoff MacCormak
Self
George Underwood
Self
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