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Bob Dylan (/ˈdɪlən/; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest, although Dylan repudiated suggestions from journalists that he was a spokesman for his generation. Nevertheless, early songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the American civil rights and anti-war movements. After he left his initial base in the American folk music revival, his six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" altered the range of popular music in 1965. His mid-1960s recordings, backed by rock musicians, reached the top end of the United States music charts while also attracting denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement.
Dylan's lyrics have incorporated various political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed to the burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the performances of Little Richard, and the songwriting of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Dylan has amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning 50 years, has explored the traditions in American song—from folk, blues, and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and the Great American Songbook. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but songwriting is considered his greatest contribution.
Actors: Eddie Vedder (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Lorne Michaels (producer), Dave Matthews (actor), Paul McCartney (actor), Barack Obama (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Bruce Springsteen (actor), Justin Timberlake (actor), The Roots (actor), Carly Rae Jepsen (actress), Michael Wren Gucciardo (actor), Gavin Purcell (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Music,Actors: Patrick Michael Strange (actor), Patrick Michael Strange (actor), Tom Townsend (actor), Dave Cooperman (actor), Dave Cooperman (actor), Kendra North (actress), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Bruce Allen Dawson (actor), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress), Kevin Tan (actor), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress), Sharon Carpenter-Rose (actress),
Plot: Lives and Deaths of the Poets spoofs and parodies incidents taken from the lives of famous writers, artists, and musicians (collectively "Poets") throughout history. Comprising a series of approximately 50 comic vignettes, the movie is the fictional story of what really did not happen to these famed Poets, who have so enriched all of our lives.
Keywords: emperor-nero, independent-film, musician, nudity, parody, poet, sketch-comedy, spoof, writerActors: Kwang-rok Oh (actor), Hae-il Park (actor), Je-mun Yun (actor), Chang-Seok Ko (actor), Byeol Kim (actress), Jun Sung (actor), Woo-Il Kim (editor), Ja-hong Koo (producer), Ja-hong Koo (director), Seo Hyeon-Jeong (actress), Hee-jung Kim (actress), Young-yu Jang (composer), Kwon Soo-Hyeon (actor),
Plot: Han Dae-huei, a public official in charge of residential pollution of Mapo district. No one can disturb his composure: a man who never loses his temper: a man of tranquility; the apotheosis of snobbery. He is a typically unenthusiastic public official up to his bone. Never expect him to try a new thing or change anything.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music,Actors: Terry Jones (actor), Terry Gilliam (actor), Terry Jones (actor), Neil Innes (actor), Neil Innes (actor), Terry Gilliam (actor), Sanjeev Bhaskar (actor), Terry Gilliam (actor), John Altman (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Terry Jones (actor),
Plot: Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary of the People's Front of Judea who falls in love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is arrested by the Romans and sentenced to be crucified. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".
Keywords: claim-in-title, monty-python, punctuation-in-titleActors: José Manuel Bueno (writer), José Manuel Bueno (producer), Mario Lizondo (writer), Mario Lizondo (director), Mario Lizondo (editor), Álvaro Manso (actor), Cristina Cardín Coello (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Tom Arnold (actor), Fred Armisen (actor), Tom Davis (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Will Forte (actor), Jeff Goldblum (actor), Darrell Hammond (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Norm MacDonald (actor), Steve Martin (actor), Will Ferrell (actor), Tim Meadows (actor), Seth Meyers (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Mickey Jones (producer), The Beatles (actor), Bob Dylan (actor), Mickey Jones (actor), Mickey Jones (director), D.A. Pennebaker (actor), Robbie Robertson (actor), Joel Gilbert (miscellaneous crew), Joel Gilbert (producer), Joel Gilbert (editor), Joel Gilbert (director), Joel Gilbert (actor), Joel Gilbert (actor), Trini López (actor), Howard Alk (actor),
Plot: With a set of drums and an 8mm color home movie camera, Mickey Jones toured the world in 1966 with Bob Dylan and The Band. He captured on film what became known as "The tour that changed Rock and Roll forever." The booing crowds, the scathing reviews, the stomping feet, the infamous catcall of "Judas!" ... all of this in response to Dylan trading in his acoustic folk guitar for an electric sound. Now, for the first time, drummer-turned-actor Mickey Jones (Sling Blade, Home Improvement), with the help of Director Joel Gilbert, chronicles the legendary 1966 Bob Dylan World Tour through his recently discovered home movies. The updated release includes new, exclusive full-length interviews with Charlie Daniels, Johnny Rivers, 1966 World Tour and Gaslight tapes sound man Richard Alderson, and new insights and revelations by Mickey Jones.
Keywords: bob-dylanActors: David Markey (actor), Raymond Pettibon (producer), Raymond Pettibon (director), Raymond Pettibon (writer), Raymond Pettibon (actor), Raymond Pettibon (editor), Janet Housden (actress), Jennifer Schwartz (actress), Joe Cole (actor), Abby Travis (actress), Dez Cadena (actor), Joel Rane (editor), Joel Rane (actor), Joel Rane (actor), Robert Hecker (actor),
Plot: Charles Manson, claiming to be the Second Coming, leads his young followers down the path of sex and murder in this bizarre homage by renowned artist Raymond Pettibon.
Keywords: bad-taste, based-on-true-story, character-name-in-title, charles-manson, cult, hippie, independent-film, serial-killerActors: Sam Shepard (actor), Bob Dylan (editor), Bob Dylan (director), Allen Ginsberg (actor), Sam Shepard (writer), Harry Dean Stanton (actor), Arlo Guthrie (actor), Bob Dylan (writer), Bob Dylan (actor), David Mansfield (actor), Joan Baez (actress), Roberta Flack (actress), Joni Mitchell (actress), T-Bone Burnett (actor), Ronee Blakley (actress),
Plot: This epic is a mass amalgamation of three separate film-types that is, contrary to popular opinion, coherent and a unified whole. Bob Dylan is shown in concert, often masked, during the Rolling Thunder Revue. The film also features documentary footage, including Ruben "Hurricane" Carter's struggle against the forces that have imprisoned him. The third element is fictional "role-playing" footage with Bob Dylan in the guise of guitar-strumming Renaldo and his wife Sara as his companion Clara. Ronnie Hawkins takes on the role of Bob Dylan in these sequences. The film includes footage of a visit to the grave of Jack Kerouac, an Allen Ginsberg poetry reading and various friends and acquaintances, namely David Blue (playing pinball by a swimming pool), discussing experiences on the road.
Keywords: bob-dylan, character-name-in-title, concert-tour, folk-singer, independent-film, musician, singer-songwriter, written-and-directed-by-cast-memberActors: Joe Roth (actor), Pat Proft (actor), Neal Israel (actor), Howard Hesseman (actor), Neal Israel (actor), Phil Proctor (actor), Gerrit Graham (actor), Joe Flaherty (actor), John Candy (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Al Franken (actor), James Bacon (actor), Tom Davis (actor), Ron Silver (actor), William Schallert (actor),
Plot: A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.
Keywords: absurd-humor, female-nudity, fictional-game-show, independent-film, irreverence, parody, satire, set-in-future, sitcom, sketch-comedyWell, if I had to do it all over again,
Babe, I'd do it all over you.
And if I had to wait for ten thousand years,
Babe, I'd even do that too.
Well, a dog's got his bone in the alley,
A cat, she's got nine lives,
A millionaire's got a million dollars,
King Saud's got four hundred wives.
Well, ev'rybody's got somethin'
That they're lookin' forward to.
I'm lookin' forward to when I can do it all again
And babe, I'll do it all over you.
Well, if I had my way tomorrow or today,
Babe, I'd run circles all around.
I'd jump up in the wind, do a somersault and spin,
I'd even dance a jig on the ground.
Well, everybody gets their hour,
Everybody gets their time,
Little David when he picked up his pebbles,
Even Sampson after he went blind.
Well, everybody gets the chance
To do what they want to do.
When my time arrives you better run for your life
'Cause babe, I'll do it all over you.
Well, I don't need no money, I just need a day that's sunny,
Baby, and my days are gonna come.
And I grab me a pint, you know that I'm a giant
When you hear me yellin', "Fee-fi-fo-fum."
Well, you cut me like a jigsaw puzzle,
You made me to a walkin' wreck,
Then you pushed my heart through my backbone,
Then you knocked off my head from my neck.
Well, if I'm ever standin' steady
A-doin' what I want to do,
Well, I tell you little lover that you better run for cover
'Cause babe, I'll do it all over you.
I'm just restin' at your gate so that I won't be late
And, momma, I'm a-just sittin' on the shelf.
Look out your window fair and you'll see me squattin' there
Just a-fumblin' and a-mumblin' to myself.
Well, after my cigarette's been smoked up,
After all my liquor's been drunk,
After my dreams are dreamed out,
After all my thoughts have been thunk,
Well, after I do some of these things,
I'm gonna do what I have to do.
And I tell you on the side, that you better run and hide