Velvet Goldmine
The secret of becoming a star is knowing how to behave like one.
1998 | 123m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Todd Haynes |
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| Writer: | Todd Haynes, James Lyons |
| Staring: |
| Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 28, 1998 |
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| Director: | Todd Haynes |
| Writer: | Todd Haynes, James Lyons |
| Genres: | Drama, Music |
| Keywords | great britain, narration, bisexuality, glam rock, lgbt, music journalism, imaginary band, baby left on doorstep, fictional band, down feather, 19th century, 1980s, gay theme |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Channel Four Films, Single Cell Pictures, Newmarket Capital Group, Goldwyn Films, Zenith Entertainment, Killer Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,300,000
Budget: $9,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Annette Kudrak | Music Editor |
| Dan Korintus | Dialogue Editor |
| Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
| Todd Kasow | Music Editor |
| June McDonald | Script Supervisor |
| Christopher Hobbs | Production Design |
| Andrew Munro | Art Direction |
| Michael W. Mitchell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Paul P. Soucek | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Clare Spragge | Costume Supervisor |
| Craig Wedren | Music |
| Amy Beth Silver | Art Direction |
| David Novack | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Eric Person | Digital Compositor |
| Daniel Falcone | Research Assistant |
| Peter Lindsay | Sound Recordist |
| Eliza Paley | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Kitty Veevers | Digital Compositor |
| Marlene McCarty | Title Designer |
| Todd Haynes | Story, Director, Screenplay |
| Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| James Lyons | Story, Editor |
| Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Maryse Alberti | Director of Photography |
| Sandy Powell | Costume Design |
| Peter Swords King | Makeup Designer |
| Simon Finney | Focus Puller |
| Myron Kerstein | Assistant Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sandy Stern | Executive Producer |
| Scott Meek | Executive Producer |
| William Tyrer | Co-Executive Producer |
| Christopher Ball | Co-Executive Producer |
| Olivia Stewart | Co-Producer |
| Christine Vachon | Producer |
| Michael Stipe | Executive Producer |
| Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| Sundance Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Lisa Zane | Won |
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If you stop for five minutes to actually think about the plot, Velvet Goldmine falls apart, but if you just think about how off-the-charts wonderful all the individual aspects are, you'll be just fine. _Final rating:★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the time._ ...
With the swinging sixties finally on the wane, "Brian Slade" (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is starting to feel redundant. His career seems doomed - until that is, he is inspired by the potency of a "Curt Wild" (Ewan McGregor) concert and like a caterpillar to a butterfly, is reborn as the sexually ambiguou ... s "Maxwell Demon" a glam rock icon inspiring adulation the world over. Just as he reaches his zenith, however, it all ends rather suddenly. Ten years after that shocking performance, journalist "Arthur Stuart" (Christian Bale) decides to investigate just what did happen. Todd Haynes has created quite an hedonistic display for us, here. The three lead performances - especially Meyers - really embrace the ethos of the period. The sex, drugs, rock and roll mentality where anything and everything goes is really well reflected. It's not the characters that let this down, though - it's the shambolic narrative and the initial theme just seems to become subsumed in Haynes' desire to show us something that might have been shocking then, but kind of isn't now. Shades of David Bowie, Elton john, Iggy Pop - you name it; but sadly - very little originality. Still it's enjoyable to watch and the actors keep the whole things suitably messy for what did feel like an over-long 2 hours.