David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019)

6.9/10 • 94 min • Documentary Music

Overview

Coming 50 years after the release of Space Oddity, the 90-minute film explores the Bowie before Ziggy Stardust, following the period from 1966 when he changed his name from David Jones to Bowie. It includes footage from the BBC Archives including footage of a BBC audition in 1965 of David Bowie and the Lower Third, which included a performance of Chim-Chim-Cheree and Baby That's A Promise.

Cast

David Bowie

Self (archive footage)

Lindsay Kemp

Tony Visconti

Dana Gillespie

Self

Rick Wakeman

Russell Harty

Self (archive footage)

Gus Dudgeon

Self (archive footage)

Mick Woodmansey

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