David Bowie: Finding Fame

David Bowie: Finding Fame

94 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 9, 2019

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

94 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 9, 2019

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers BBC Studios, BBC Music
Original title David Bowie: Finding Fame
Directors Francis Whately
Writers

Cast

David Bowie

as Self (archive footage)

Lindsay Kemp

as Self

Tony Visconti

as Self

Dana Gillespie

as Self

Geoff MacCormak

as Self

Mike Vernon

as Self

Tony Hatch

as Self

Phil Lancaster

as Self

Rick Wakeman

as Self

Russell Harty

as Self (Archival Footage)

Gus Dudgeon

as Self (Archival Footage)