No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Release Date:

21 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Music

Plot:

A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

Plot Keywords:

Musician | Singer | Folk Rock | Performance | Interview

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Bob Dylan	...	Himself
B.J. Rolfzen	...	Himself (voice)
Dick Kangas	...	Himself
Liam Clancy	...	Himself
Tony Glover	...	Himself
Paul Nelson	...	Himself
Allen Ginsberg	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dave Van Ronk	...	Himself (archive footage)
Maria Muldaur	...	Herself
John Cohen	...	Himself
Bruce Langhorne	...	Himself
Mark Spoelstra	...	Himself
Suze Rotolo	...	Herself
Izzy Young	...	Himself
Mitch Miller	...	Himself
John Hammond	...	Himself
Pete Seeger	...	Himself
Mavis Staples	...	Herself
Artie Mogull	...	Himself
Harold Leventhal	...	Himself
Joan Baez	...	Herself
Peter Yarrow	...	Himself
Bob Neuwirth	...	Himself (as Bobby Neuwirth)
D.A. Pennebaker	...	Himself
Al Kooper	...	Himself
Bob Johnston	...	Himself
Mickey Jones	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Cash	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rick Danko	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ossie Davis	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lamar Fike	...	Himself
Woody Guthrie	...	Himself (archive footage)
Carolyn Hester	...	Herself
Garth Hudson	...	Himself (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Martin Luther King	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Manuel	...	Himself (archive footage)
Greil Marcus	...	Himself
Christopher Ricks	...	Himself
Robbie Robertson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Manny Roth	...	Himself
Roy Silver	...	Himself
Sean Wilentz	...	Himself
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Scorsese

Produced by
Margaret Bodde	....	co-producer
Jessica Cohen	....	line producer
Barbara De Fina	....	executive producer
April Hayes	....	associate producer
Chelsea Hoffman	....	associate producer
Susan Lacy	....	producer
Tia Lessin	....	line producer
Gub Neal	....	co-executive producer
Jeff Rosen	....	producer
Martin Scorsese	....	producer
Nigel Sinclair	....	producer
Justin Thomson-Glover	....	co-executive producer
Anthony Wall	....	producer

Cinematography by
Maryse Alberti
Mustapha Barat		(director of photography)
Oliver Bokelberg
Anghel Decca
Ken Druckerman
Ellen Kuras
James J. Miller		(as James Miller)
James Reed
Lisa Rinzler
Michael Spiller		(as Mike Spiller)

Film Editing by
David Tedeschi

Makeup Department
Kris Ravetto	....	makeup artist: Joan Baez

Production Management
Diane Lapson	....	production manager
Lynne Okin Sheridan	....	production manager
Debbie Sweeney	....	production manager

Art Department
Mark Pollard	....	graphic artist

Sound Department
Dave Bihldorff	....	sound re-recordist
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Keenan	....	sound recordist (as Mike Keenan)
Mark Mandler	....	sound recordist
Fred Rosenberg	....	dialogue editor (as Frederic Rosenberg)
Philip Stockton	....	supervising sound editor
Allan Zaleski	....	sound effects editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Eve Arnold	....	still photographer
Dennis Brack	....	still photographer
John Cohen	....	still photographer
John Byrne Cooke	....	still photographer
Jerome Corwin	....	still photographer
Robert Corwin	....	still photographer
Bruce Davidson	....	still photographer
Elliott Erwitt	....	still photographer
Jan Faul	....	still photographer
Barry Feinstein	....	still photographer
Stephen Fenerjian	....	still photographer
Nat Finkelstein	....	still photographer
Larry Fink	....	still photographer
David Gahr	....	still photographer
Howard Gelb	....	still photographer
Douglas R. Gilbert	....	still photographer
Burt Glinn	....	still photographer
Irwin Gooen	....	still photographer
Ed Grazda	....	still photographer
Miguel Grinberg	....	still photographer
Bertil Hagert	....	still photographer
Tom Halstead	....	still photographer
Mickey Jones	....	still photographer
Mark Kitchell	....	still photographer
Daniel Kramer	....	still photographer
Danny Lyon	....	still photographer
J. Fred MacDonald	....	still photographer
Mark Makin	....	still photographer
Jim Marshall	....	still photographer
Jerry Melrose	....	still photographer
Artie Mogull	....	still photographer
Alice Ochs	....	still photographer
John Orris	....	still photographer
Bill Pagel	....	still photographer
Bob Parent	....	still photographer
George Pickow	....	still photographer
Aaron Rennert	....	still photographer
Ted Russell	....	still photographer
Jerry Schatzberg	....	still photographer
Vernon Smith	....	still photographer
Norman Vershay	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Benjamin Murray	....	stills animator

Editorial Department
Brian Batchett	....	on-line editing assistant
Justin Krohn	....	assistant editor
Benjamin Murray	....	on-line editor
Jason Nu	....	assistant editor
Scot Olive	....	colorist
Scott Olive	....	colorist
Damián Rodríguez	....	associate editor

Music Department
Robert Bower	....	music researcher
Michael Brauer	....	music pre-mix
Jennifer L. Dunnington	....	music editor (as Jennifer Dunnington)
Annette Kudrak	....	music editor
Diane Lapson	....	music clearance
Lynne Okin Sheridan	....	music clearance
Debbie Sweeney	....	music clearance

Other crew
Graham Baquie	....	technical supporter
Alison Beckell	....	production assistant
Alison Beckett	....	production assistant
Joe Beirne	....	technical supervisor
Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss	....	director: Documentary Productions
Mitch Blank	....	hypnotist collector
Kate Blyth	....	representative: Vulcan Productions
Michael B. Borofsky	....	interview producer
Michael B. Borofsky	....	interviews
Andrew Bottomley	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Marianne Bower	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Justin Brennan	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Scott Brock	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Alexander Yves Brunner	....	production executive
Alexander Yves Brunner	....	representative: Spitfire Productions (as Alex Brunner)
Jane Buckwalter	....	project manager
Erin Crackel	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Joanna Davis	....	intern
Raffaele Donato	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Richard Dworkin	....	transcriptions
Tom Foligno	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Prudence Glass	....	representative: American Masters
April Hayes	....	photo researcher
Joseph Helmreich	....	intern
Joel Hirsch	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Daniel Hoffman	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Ben Holden	....	representative: Spitfire Productions
Jason J. Hunke	....	representative: Vulcan Productions
Kent Jones	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Lewanne Jones	....	additional researcher
Meg McCarthy	....	assistant: Martin Scorsese
Meg McCarthy	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Richard McCarthy	....	intern
Mark McElhatten	....	research consultant
Freida Orange	....	representative: Sikelia Productions
Matthew Paine	....	representative: Spitfire Productions
Stephanie Palumbo	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Parks	....	intern
Nigel Pearson	....	business affairs
Dan Porcelli	....	technical supporter
Anthony Ripoli	....	technical supporter
Ranfi Rivera	....	business affairs
Pamela Rosenstein	....	representative: Vulcan Productions
Adam Rubin	....	intern
Adam Rubin	....	production intern
Julie Sacks	....	representative: American Masters
Matthew Schneider	....	technical supporter
Barry Schulman	....	representative: American Masters
Eric Schwinn	....	IT supporter
Jennifer Senkler	....	representative: Vulcan Productions
Anne Sicherman	....	intern
Anne Slick	....	production assistant
Margaret Smilov	....	representative: American Masters (as Margaret Smilow)
Anthony Stewart	....	representative: George Square Trading
Emma Tillinger	....	assistant: Martin Scorsese
Andrew Wright	....	additional researcher
Stephen Zager	....	business affairs

Thanks
Tobin Armbrust	....	special thanks
Oscar Brand	....	special thanks
Pip Chodorov	....	special thanks
Jay Cocks	....	special thanks
Ron Cohen	....	special thanks
Don Fleming	....	special thanks
Eddie Gorodetsky	....	special thanks
Peter Guralnick	....	special thanks
Nora Guthrie	....	special thanks
Mark Kitchell	....	special thanks
Eric Kulberg	....	special thanks
Walker Lamond	....	special thanks
Murray Lerner	....	special thanks
Lexy Lovell	....	special thanks
Odetta	....	special thanks
D.A. Pennebaker	....	special thanks
Frazer Pennebaker	....	special thanks
Michael Perlstein	....	special thanks
Robbie Robertson	....	special thanks
Morley Safer	....	special thanks
Thelma Schoonmaker	....	special thanks
John Sloss	....	special thanks
Mark Spector	....	special thanks
Andy Warhol	....	special thanks
Brian Wilson	....	special thanks
Rick Yorn	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Box TV
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Cappa Defina Productions
• Grey Water Park Productions
• NHK (co-production)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• Spitfire Pictures
• Vulcan Productions (co-production)
• WNET Channel 13 New York

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• BBC World (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Emerging Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain) S.L. (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Thirteen/WNET

Other Companies

• ABC News Video Source  archive footage
• Allen Ginsberg Trust  photographs
• American Playhouse  special thanks
• Anthology Film Archives  archive footage
• Aubin Pictures  photographs
• BBC Motion Gallery  archive footage
• BBC Television Centre  archive footage
• Bear Family Records  photographs
• Black Star Picture Collection  photographs
• Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation  special thanks
• C-5  post-production sound
• CBC Radio  archive footage
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television Archives  archive footage
• Chicago Historical Society  archive footage
• Columbia University Libraries  photographs
• Corbis  photographs
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)  special thanks
• Design Guys  title design
• Donnell Media Center of the New York Public Library  archive footage
• FILM Archives  archive footage
• Footagefinders  archive footage
• Fox Movietone News  archive footage
• Gaylord Entertainment  archive footage
• Getty Images  photographs
• Global Imageworks LLC  archive footage
• Hibbing Historical Society  archive footage
• Hibbing Historical Society  photographs
• Hibbing Public Library  archive footage
• Historic Films Archive  archive footage
• IFF  special thanks
• ITN Archive  archive footage
• Image Bank Films by Getty Images  archive footage
• Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC  photographs
• Library of Congress  photographs
• Loeb and Loeb  business affairs
• Magnum Photos  photographs
• Minnesota Historical Society  photographs
• National Archives and Records Administration  archive footage
• National Endowment for the Arts, The  special thanks
• New York Times, The  photographs
• Northeast Historic Film, Suzanne Bogart Collection  archive footage
• Polaris Images  photographs
• Postworks New York  digital intermediate
• Postworks New York  picture finishing
• Producer's Library Service  archive footage
• Reid Ray Films  archive footage
• Rockhouse Production  photographs
• Sassafrass Design  photographs
• Sing Out! Magazine  photographs
• Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  photographs
• Softitler  subtitles (DVD version)
• Sony BMG Music Entertainment Photo Library  photographs
• Sony BMG Music Entertainment  archive footage
• Soundtrack F/T  sound mixed at
• Streamline Films  archive footage
• The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation  special thanks
• The John F. Kennedy Library  archive footage
• The Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Lead Trusts  special thanks
• Thirteen/WNET Communications Group  archive footage
• Thirteen/WNET Communications Group  business affairs
• Tryntje Van Ness Seymour/Lime Rock Press  photographs
• UCLA Film and Television Archive  archive footage
• USC Newsfilm Library  archive footage
• V.I.P. (I)  photographs
• William Klein/Howard Greenberg Gallery  photographs
• Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives  archive footage
• Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives  photographs

Also Known As:

Bob Dylan Anthology Project (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Canada:201 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | 208 min (DVD) | Finland:205 min (2 part TV-miniseries) | Argentina:208 min

Country:

UK | USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-3 | Netherlands:AL | Australia:M | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Hibbing, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Box TV

Trivia:

The Title of this Documentary comes from a line in the chorus of "Like A Rolling Stone".

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Footage of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is included among footage of New York City illustrating Bob Dylan's arrival there.

Quotes:

Bob Johnston: I believe in giving credit where credit's due. I don't think Dylan had a lot to do with it. I think God instead of touching him on the shoulder he kicked him in the ass. Really. And that's where all that came from. He can't help what he's doing. I mean he's got the Holy Spirit about him. You can look at him and tell that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Goedemorgen Nederland: (2005-09-28)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

1913 Massacre

Just a song and dance man

I felt thoroughly happy while watching No Direction Home on BBC 2 over the past two evenings - lots of video and audio footing I had never heard or seen before and precious insights into the workings of Dylan's poetic mind.

I have been following Dylan for over 40 years now and have always been a fan, except during his Christian period. I found it illuminating to learn that, when Joan Baez had just delivered to him a deep-going analysis of one of his songs, Dylan said he was curious to see what other reviewers would make of it. Himself he didn't know what the hell it all meant. He just wrote beautiful texts without worrying too much if all the combined lines would make coherent sense.

Dylan uses words like an impressionist painter uses paint. Those paintings can confer a sense of beauty without necessarily offering a clear idea of what is actually presented. Dylan's songs are collections of beautiful phrases and words. Don't ask him to explain the meaning of existence to us. Just enjoy his unique songs and magical voice. In his own words, he is "just a song and dance man". And a sublime one at that!

Profound thanks to Scorsese for making this picture. A 10 out of 10. (And thanks to Philconcannon for his excellent review.)