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- BFI identifier478250
- Date1998 (Copyright)
1998-10-23 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisIn 1974, at the height of his fame, Brian Slade, a British glam-rock star, fakes his own death and disappears. Ten years later, newspaper journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the mystery. Stuart’s search brings him into contact with Slade’s ex-wife Mandy and former agent Cecil, while the story cuts back and forth between the 1970s British glam-rock scene and 1980s New York. (Synopsis) Tells a story set in the British "glam rock" scene of the early 1970s, via a series of flashback scenes, following a journalists's investigation into an on-stage assassination that was actually a publicity stunt. (Synopsis)
- Work historyEight-week shoot.
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- CreditsDirected by: Todd Haynes
© (United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland): Channel Four Television Corporation
© (the rest of the world): Velvet Goldmine Productions Ltd
view all - CastEwan McGregor (Curt Wild)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Brian Slade)
Toni Collette (Mandy Slade)
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Title
Velvet Goldmine (Original)
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10.5240/8D9A-5C3A-6E10-6547-7854-8Category
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view all - ArticlesPremiere v11 n4 December 1998 - Article, Location ReportFilm Dienst v51 n24 24 Nov 1998 - ReviewScreen International n1102 04 Apr 1997 - Credits, Prod. Detailsview all
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Work - 478250 - 1998 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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