| Release Date: | Jan 1978 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| Cast: | Bob Dylan (Renaldo), Sara Dylan (Clara), Joan Baez (Woman in White), Ronnie Hawkins (Bob Dylan), Jack Elliott (Longheno de Castro), Harry Dean Stanton (Lafkezio), Bob Neuwirth (The Masked Tortilla), Allen Ginsberg (The Father), Mel Howard (Ungatz), David Mansfield (The Son), Jack Baran (The Truck Driver), Helena Kallianiotes (Herself), Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter (Himself), Anne Waldman (Sister of Mercy), T-Bone Burnett (The Inner Voice), Larry 'Ratso' Sloman (Newspaper Man (as Larry Sloman)), Ronee Blakley (Mrs. Dylan), David Blue (Himself), Roberta Flack (Guest Artist), Arlo Guthrie (Mandolin Player), Roger McGuinn (Himself), Denise Mercedes (), Joni Mitchell (Herself), Scarlet Rivera (), Luther Rix (The Drummer), Mick Ronson (Security Guard), Sam Shepard (Rodeo), J. Steven Soles ((as Steven Soles)), Rob Stoner (), Linda Thomases (), Ruth Tyrangel (), Howie Wyeth (), Peter Orlovsky ((uncredited)), Bob Dylan (Renaldo), Sara Dylan (Clara), Joan Baez (Woman in White), Ronnie Hawkins (Bob Dylan), Jack Elliott (Longheno de Castro), Harry Dean Stanton (Lafkezio), Bob Neuwirth (The Masked Tortilla), Allen Ginsberg (The Father), Mel Howard (Ungatz), David Mansfield (The Son), Jack Baran (The Truck Driver), Helena Kallianiotes (Herself), Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter (Himself), Anne Waldman (Sister of Mercy), T-Bone Burnett (The Inner Voice), Larry 'Ratso' Sloman (Newspaper Man (as Larry Sloman)), Ronee Blakley (Mrs. Dylan), David Blue (Himself), Roberta Flack (Guest Artist), Arlo Guthrie (Mandolin Player), Roger McGuinn (Himself), Denise Mercedes (), Joni Mitchell (Herself), Scarlet Rivera (), Luther Rix (The Drummer), Mick Ronson (Security Guard), Sam Shepard (Rodeo), J. Steven Soles ((as Steven Soles)), Rob Stoner (), Linda Thomases (), Ruth Tyrangel (), Howie Wyeth (), Peter Orlovsky ((uncredited)) |
This epic is a mass amalgamation of three separate film-types that is, contrary to popular opinion, coherent and a unified whole. Bob Dylan is shown in concert, often masked, during the Rolling Thunder Revue. The film also features documentary footage, including Ruben "Hurricane" Carter's struggle against the forces that have imprisoned him. The third element is fictional "role-playing" footage with Bob Dylan in the guise of guitar-strumming Renaldo and his wife Sara as his companion Clara. Ronnie Hawkins takes on the role of Bob Dylan in these sequences. The film includes footage of a visit to the grave of Jack Kerouac, an Allen Ginsberg poetry reading and various friends and acquaintances, namely David Blue (playing pinball by a swimming pool), discussing experiences on the road.
