David Bowie: Finding Fame

About David Bowie: Finding Fame

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.

David Bowie: Finding Fame (2019) is a documentary music film directed by Francis Whately. Released in February 2019, it runs 94 minutes.

The film is filed under artist, music documentary, biographical documentary, and life and career.

David Bowie takes the lead as Self (archive footage), Kristina Amadeus as Self, Hermione Farthingale as Self, and Lindsay Kemp as Self. It comes from BBC Music and BBC Studios. In the United States it streams on BBC Select Apple Tv channel and Britbox Apple TV channel.

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