Part of Best Picture Marathon
Nominated for 8 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Directing (James Mangold), Actor in a Leading Role (Timothée Chalamet), Actor in a Supporting Role (Edward Norton), Actress in a Supporting Role (Monica Barbaro), Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Costume Design, Sound
New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.
The film also stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie.
“Outstanding on every level…. Mangold has crafted the definitive portrait of this era and the poetic, aspiring, rebellious kid who refused to be pigeonholed, held down and defined.” —Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist “A scrappy, semi-unflattering patchwork portrait that serves its subject better than any fawning hagiography could…. There’s something about A COMPLETE UNKNOWN that pushes against traditional Dylan worship and cuts a path toward something far more beautiful, flawed, and human.” —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME “While Chalamet is blessed with the right hair, somehow actually sings like Dylan—really, he sings and talks like him, with that raspy slur and nasal nonchalance—and nails his one-of-a-kind intonation, this is no traditional biopic performance where an actor disappears into the role. Instead, Chalamet goes to a place several octaves deeper. His performance is both startlingly accurate, and something playfully off-kilter and of his own.” —Tomris Laffly, The A.V. Club
