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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan. Songwriter. Rocker. Rebel. Legend.

2005•3h 28m•7.7/10
DocumentaryMusic

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7.7/10(142)

A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

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Production

Grey Water Park Productions, Spitfire Pictures, Thirteen, The WNET Group, PBS, BBC, NHK, Vulcan Productions, ANENA

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Self

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

Self (archive footage)

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Self

Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples

Self

Dave Van Ronk

Dave Van Ronk

Self

D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

Self

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Suze Rotolo

Self

Liam Clancy

Self

Maria Muldaur

Self

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Self (archive footage)

Richard Manuel

Richard Manuel

Self (archive footage)

Bob Neuwirth

Bob Neuwirth

Self

Bruce Langhorne

Self

Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

Self

Rick Danko

Rick Danko

Self (archive footage)

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