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David Bowie: Finding Fame
2019 6.9 (30 votes) 1h 34m
Genres
Documentary Music
Production Companies
BBC Studios
BBC Music

David Bowie: Finding Fame

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.

Key Crew

Director: Francis Whately

Top Cast

David Bowie
David Bowie

Self (archive footage)

Kristina Amadeus

Self

Hermione Farthingale

Self

Lindsay Kemp
Lindsay Kemp

Self

Tony Visconti

Self

Dana Gillespie
Dana Gillespie

Self

Geoff MacCormak

Self

George Underwood

Self

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