A Complete Unknown movie storyline. Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s 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.
A Complete Unknown is an American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald. The film is about the controversy surrounding the switch to electrically amplified instrumentation by Bob Dylan. Timothée Chalamet stars as Dylan and also serves as producer. It also stars Edward Norton, Elle Fanning and Monica Barbar.
In April 2023, Mangold stated that principal photography would likely begin in August 2023 in New York City and Montreal, but filming was postponed in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. By early 2024, filming was scheduled to begin in late March 2024, and was expected to occur throughout New Jersey.
Filming eventually began on March 16. Production wrapped by early July. In July 2024, a teaser trailer was released. The film premiered in the United States in December 2024 and in the United Kingdom and Ireland in January 2025.
A Complete Unknown (2024)
Directed by: James Mangold
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, Scoot McNairy, P. J. Byrne, Will Harrison, Eriko Hatsune
Screenplay by: Jay Cocks, James Mangold
Production Design by: François Audouy
Cinematography by: Phedon Papamichael
Film Editing by: Range Media Partners
Costume Design by: Arianne Phillips
Set Decoration by: Regina Graves
Art Direction by: Christopher J. Morris
Music by: Nick Baxter
MPAA Rating: Hohe,
Distributed by: Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: December 2024
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