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David Bowie: Five Years

An intimate portrait of five key years in David Bowie's career, featuring interviews with his closest collaborators and a wealth of previously unseen archive material.

An intimate portrait of five key years in David Bowie's career. Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved, from Ziggy Stardust to the soul star of Young Americans and the 'Thin White Duke'. It explores his regeneration in Berlin with the critically acclaimed album Heroes, his triumph with Scary Monsters and his global success with Let's Dance. With interviews with all his closest collaborators, this film investigates how Bowie became an icon of our times.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Jan 2022 22:50
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    Rebel Rebel

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    Fame

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    Fashion

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    Let's DanceΜύ

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    Ashes to Ashes

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    Starman

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    Rebel Rebel

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    Oh! You Pretty Things

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    Sound And Vision

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    Five Years

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    Fashion

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    Sound And Vision

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    Sound And Vision

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    Andy Warhol

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    Changes

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    Life On Mars?

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    Queen Bitch

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    Queen B****

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    Moonage Daydream

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    Moonage Daydream

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    Queen B****

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    Suffragette CityΜύ

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    Moonage Daydream

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    Ziggy Stardust (Live at Santa Monica)

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    Starman

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    Right

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    Starman

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    Young Americans

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    Footstomping

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    Fame

  • Aretha Franklin

    (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

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    Fame

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    Golden Years

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    Golden Years

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    Station to Station

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    Golden Years

  • Brian Eno

    Discreet MusicΜύ

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    Speed Of Life

  • Carlos Alomar, Dennis Davis & David Bowie

    Breaking GlassΜύ

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    Warszawa

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    Art Decade

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    V-2 Schneider

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    Sense of Doubt

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    Beauty And The Beast

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    Beauty and The Beast (Extended Version) (Remastered)

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    'Heroes'

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    Space Oddity

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    Ashes to Ashes

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    Fashion

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    Criminal WorldΜύ

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    China Girl

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    Let's Dance

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    Without You

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    Let's Dance

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    Let's Dance

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    China Girl

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    Fame

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    The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

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    Five Years

A tribute to Trevor Bolder

A tribute to Trevor Bolder

In Hull, they nicknamed him β€˜Trumpets’ because trumpet was his first instrument. On Planet Rock he was Trevor Bolder, who bestrode theΜύstage as bassist with David Bowie & The Spiders From Mars.

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David Bowie Is...

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Credits

Director Francis Whately
Producer Francis Whately
Executive Producer Phil Dolling

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Read an interview with director Francis Whately on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ TV blog

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Related Links

  • (www.davidbowie.com)
  • (www.nme.com)