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141m
A Complete Unknown
Synopsis
At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation.
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.
A Complete Unknown follows Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
AWARDS
ACADEMY AWARDS 2025 | Nominee: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
Rating
M
Length
141m
Genre
New Release
Reviews
★★★★★ Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation.
Chalamet makes it fresh... The actor and Mangold spent years honing the performance... Their results are beguiling.
A Complete Unknown is utterly fascinating, capturing a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture.
Timothée Chalamet acts and sings the young Bob Dylan to showstopping perfection, catching the mystery man in the exhilarating act of inventing himself.