David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017)

7.1/10 • 90 min • Music Documentary TV Movie

Overview

In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whately’s documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowie’s golden ‘70s and early-‘80s period.

Cast

David Bowie

Self (archive footage)

Michael C. Hall

Toni Basil

Tony Visconti

Gail Ann Dorsey

Donny McCaslin

Self

Robert Fox

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