Bob Dylan Revealed (2011)

Director:

Joel Gilbert

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

As Bob Dylan turns 70, a true portrait of the reclusive "voice of the generation" is revealed through exclusive interviews, and never-before-seen photos and films of Dylan's 50-year career.

Plot Keywords:

Bob Dylan

Cast

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter	...	Himself
Bob Dylan	...	Himself
Jack Elliott	...	Himself
Joel Gilbert	...	Himself
Mickey Jones	...	Himself
Al Kasha	...	Himself
Scarlet Rivera	...	Herself
Rob Stoner	...	Himself
A.J. Weberman	...	Himself
Jerry Wexler	...	Himself

Directed by
Joel Gilbert

Original Music by
Wayne Peet

Film Editing by
Paul Belanger
Joel Gilbert

Sound Department
Wayne Peet	....	sound effects editor
Wayne Peet	....	sound re-recording mixer

Production Companies

• Highway 61 Entertainment

Distributors

• Gravitas Ventures (2011) (USA) (video) (VOD)
• Music Video Distributors (MVD) (2011) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (HD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG13

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Highway 61 Entertainment

Pointless If You've Seen the Director's Earlier Films

Bob Dylan Revealed (2011)

** (out of 4)

Here's another Bob Dylan documentary from director Joel Gilbert and this one here was clearly put together to try and cash-in on Dylan's 70th birthday since it did get quite a bit of media attention. I've been quite positive on Gilbert's previous Dylan documentaries because they featured interviews with people that sometime get overlooked or not questioned at all. The problem with BOB Dylan REVEALED is that for the most part it just features interviews from these previous discs thrown together. We get several periods of Dylan's career covered including his rise to fame, going electric, his brief retirement to Woodstock, the comeback, the religious period and then the Never Ending Tour. Mickey Jones, Rob Stoner, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Barry Feinstein, Scarlet Rivera, Winston Watson, Joel Selvin, Jerry Wexler and A.J. Webberman are among the people interviewed. If you haven't seen any of the previous films then you might be more entertained by this thing but once you've seen the complete films it's hard to get too excited or interested in this cut down footage that was just thrown together. There are a few new interview clips that I'm guessing were just outtakes from the earlier movies and we at least get some archival interviews with Dylan thrown in but in the end it really doesn't matter. This certainly isn't a horrid film but it's just rather pointless if you've already seen it.