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 VELVET GOLDMINE

1998 | Directed by Todd Haynes

In 1984, British newspaper reporter Arthur Stuart is investigating the career of 1970s glam rock star Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by American rock singer Curt Wild, whose show was quite crazy for his time.


CAST & CHARACTERS

Ewan McGregor

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Christian Bale

Toni Collette

Eddie Izzard

... Curt Wild

... Brian Slade

... Arthur Stuart

... Mandy Slade

... Jerry Devine


IMAGE LIBRARY



  SCREENCAPS

TRIVIA FACTS

When Brian first sees Mandy, he says "Do you jive?" That's what David Bowie is supposed to have said when he first saw his former wife, Angie.

This film was based very loosely on the relationship between David Bowie (turned into "Brian Slade") and Iggy Pop (turned into "Curt Wild"). Iggy said he didn't have a problem with the movie being made; Bowie protested, leading to many name changes and no actual Bowie songs being used.

Todd Haynes originally wanted to cast British pop star Jarvis Cocker as Jack Fairy.

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Ewan McGregor sang their own songs in the movie. (Some of Rhys-Meyers's songs were overdubbed by Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke.)

Much of the dialog comes from Oscar Wilde's writings.

The film was originally titled "Glitter Kids."

RELATED LINKS

  • INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
    Additional Information on the cast and crew

  • EWANMCGREGOR.NET
    Fansite on actor Ewan McGregor

  • AWESOME BALE
    Fansite on actor Christian Bale

  • VELVET DEMON.COM
    Fansite on "Velvet Goldmine" with an impressive 70.000+ (!) gallery

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    DVD (REGION 1)

    Extras: none
    Video:Widescreen, Color
    Languages:English (Dolby)
    BUY DVD AT AMAZON.COM    		 DVD Release: May 18, 1999
    Nr of Discs: 1
    Distributor: Miramax
    ASIN: 0788815741
    DVD (REGION 2)

    Extras: Making Of, Gallery...
    Video:Widescreen, Color
    Languages:English (Dolby)
    BUY DVD AT AMAZON UK    		 DVD Release: September 10, 2001
    Nr of Discs: 1
    Distributor: unknown
    ASIN: B00004CYF6