David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Jan 7, 2017

1h 30m

★ 7.1

Overview

In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whately’s documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowie’s golden ‘70s and early-‘80s period.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC Film

David Bowie: The Last Five Years Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

David Bowie

Self

Michael C. Hall

Self

Toni Basil

Self

Tony Visconti

Self

Gail Ann Dorsey

Self

Donny McCaslin

Self

Geoff MacCormack

Self

Maria Schneider

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6.2

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6.7

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7.1

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7.0

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6.7

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5.0

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0.0

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0.0

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6.3

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5.2

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