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Renaldo and Clara

  • 19781978
  • RR
  • 3h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Renaldo and Clara (1978)
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Bob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.Bob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.Bob Dylan on tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975; concert footage, documentary interviews and bizarre improvised character scenes.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
558
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
42,171
21,175
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Bob Dylan
    • Writers
      • Bob Dylan
      • Sam Shepard
    • Stars
      • Bob Dylan
      • Sara Dylan
      • Joan Baez
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Bob Dylan
    • Writers
      • Bob Dylan
      • Sam Shepard
    • Stars
      • Bob Dylan
      • Sara Dylan
      • Joan Baez
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    • 8User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    • Renaldo
    Sara Dylan
    • Clara
    Joan Baez
    Joan Baez
    • The Woman in White
    Ronnie Hawkins
    Ronnie Hawkins
    • Bob Dylan
    Ronee Blakley
    Ronee Blakley
    • Mrs. Dylan
    Jack Elliott
    Jack Elliott
    • Longheno de Castro
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Lafkezio
    Bob Neuwirth
    Bob Neuwirth
    • The Masked Tortilla
    Helena Kallianiotes
    • Helena
    Mel Howard
    • Ungatz
    Allen Ginsberg
    Allen Ginsberg
    • The Father
    David Mansfield
    David Mansfield
    • The Son
    Jack Baran
    • The Truckdriver
    David Blue
    • David Blue
    Roger McGuinn
    Roger McGuinn
    • Roger McGuinn
    Rob Stoner
    • The Musician
    Ruth Tyrangel
    • The Girlfriend
    • (as Ruth Tyrangiel)
    J. Stephen Soles
    J. Stephen Soles
    • Ramon
    • (as Steven Soles)
    • Director
      • Bob Dylan
    • Writers
      • Bob Dylan
      • Sam Shepard
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The clips of "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Isis" can be found on the 2002 Bonus DVD that came with 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue.'
    • Quotes

      The Truck Driver: Why are you so much in a hurry? Is the law after you?

      Renaldo: I am the law!

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits end with a title card reading "A Film by BOB DYLAN" directed after he is credited as writer and director. The closing credits are divided in three sections, separated by wide time gaps, played over a different artist, soul singer Hal Frazier, performing "In The Morning", a song written by Barry Gibb.
    • Alternate versions
      Originally released at 292 minutes (yes, that's almost five hours!). After dismal box office returns, Dylan shortened the film to 122 minutes removing almost all of the narrative storyline and leaving mostly concert footage.
    • Connections
      Featured in Bob Dylan: Change on the Tracks (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      When I Paint My Masterpiece
      Written and performed by Bob Dylan

    User reviews8

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    A sometimes irritating and sometimes profound meditation
    At over four hours and consisting of a lot of improvised and apparently self-referential scenes, this could and indeed has irritated many viewers. But if one stays with it and takes it as it comes (Dylan himself has recommended that one watches it doped), the film is an extraordinary meditation on the nature of self, performance, show biz and life. At its heart, the film seems to me to be saying that everything is show business (love, politics, poetry) or perhaps that show business (represented by a cheesy club act) is as valid a life choice as any of the more profound things portrayed. For all his supposedly radical support for Rubin Carter, the film suggests that the boxer is just as much a performer as anyone else. The film contains some moving sequences, not least the wonderful one in which Alan Ginsberg performs Kaddish before a group of oldsters. And not least, the concert footage of Dylan is magnificent - Isis being a stand-out. Which brings me back to the movie's theme: here is a performer whose name is not really Bob Dylan playing a performer who is called Renaldo performing a song about marriage but not marriage to his wife Sara (who plays Clara in the film) but marriage to the ancient Egyptian Goddess Isis - which implies that the singer really is Osiris, God of the underworld. But it's just this kid Robert Zimmerman! What is the real truth? This is the sort of heady trip the film offers. Put up with the irritating self-indulgence of much of this,and the enormous length, and there are great rewards. Re-issue it, Bob!
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    • jaibo
    • Apr 15, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 1978 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Renaldo y Clara
    • Filming locations
      • Alabama, USA
    • Production company
      • Lombard Street Films
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 55 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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