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David Bowie: Finding Fame

2019 · 1h 34m · Documentary, Music · United Kingdom

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.

Directed by
Francis Whately
Starring
David Bowie, Kristina Amadeus, Hermione Farthingale, Lindsay Kemp
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artistbiographical documentarybowiedocumentarylife and careermusicmusic documentaryportraitrise and realizerise to fameunited kingdom

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