Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese (Criterion Collection)

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	Bob Dylan	Self
	Allen Ginsberg	The Oracle of Delphi
	Patti Smith	The Punk Poet
	Martin von Haselberg	The Filmmaker
	Scarlet Rivera	The Queen of Swords
	Joan Baez	The Balladeer
	Roger McGuinn	The Minstrel
	Larry 'Ratso' Sloman	The Rolling Stone Reporter
	James Gianopulos	The Promoter
	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	The Sailor
	Sam Shepard	The Writer
	David Mansfield	The Innocent
	Sharon Stone	The Beauty Queen
	Ronnie Hawkins	The Shitkicker
	Anne Waldman	The Word Worker
	Ronee Blakley	The Ingenue
	Joni Mitchell	The Artist
	Rolling Thunder	The Medicine Man
	Chief Bad Bear	The Chief
	Peter La Farge	The Cowboy Indian
	Michael Murphy	The Politician
	Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter	The Boxer
	Jacques Lévy	Self
	Denise Mercedes	Self
	Roberta Flack	Self

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Director	Martin Scorsese
Producer	Lauren Belfer, Margaret Bodde, April Hayes, Jeff Rosen, David Tedeschi, Rick Yorn
Photography	Howard Alk, Paul Goldsmith, Ellen Kuras, David Myers

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In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing sociopolitical turmoil, Bob Dylan and a band of troubadours-including luminaries such as Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell-embarked on a now-legendary tour known as the Rolling Thunder Revue, a freewheeling variety show that was part traveling counterculture carnival, part spiritual pilgrimage. Director Martin Scorsese blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief, with a magician’s sleight of hand, into a zeitgeist-defining cultural record that is as much a concert “documentary” as it is a slippery, chimerical investigation into memory, time, truth, and illusion. At the center of it all is the magnetic Dylan, a sphinxlike philosopher-poet singing, with electrifying conviction, to the soul of an anxious nation.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital master, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interviews with Scorsese, editor David Tedeschi, and writer Larry “Ratso” Sloman
Restored footage of never-before-seen Rolling Thunder Revue performances of “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You” and “Romance in Durango,” and of a new, extended cut of “Tangled Up in Blue”
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
English descriptive audio
PLUS: A new essay by novelist Dana Spiotta and writing from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour by author Sam Shepard and poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman
New cover by F. Ron Miller

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