David bowie performs cracked actor live at the hammersmith odeon in 1973. Two unreleased david bowie records announced on limited vinyl. Around this time on the evening of sunday 26th january 1975, bowie fans were readying themselves for the 10. This was at the height of bowies cocaine addiction, and it showcases his fragility alongside his dashing charisma. A candid, haunting and ultrarare documentary portrait shot during the 1974 diamond dogs tour featuring much behind the scenes footage that. The 50 greatest documentaries was a channel 4 television programme which was broadcast on 9 october 2005 and was narrated by british actress, zoe wanamaker. The footage was shot for the 1975 bbc david bowie documentary cracked actor, which was produced and directed by alan yentob. Jan 11, 2016 his drug woes of the time were front and center in alan yentobs 1975 cracked actor documentary for the british omnibus series, as well as pennebakers 1973 ziggy stardust. Forty years later its almost impossible to calculate just how important that screening was to bowiestarved fans in the uk. About cracked actor this track, taken from the album aladdin sane is about an aging movie stars sexual encounter with a prostitute. David bowie ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars.
The showcase, featuring michael armstrongs the image, alan yentob s the cracked actor and julien temples jazzin for blue jean, aims to tell the story of his career, taking in three decades, from his experimental beginnings of the sixties to the golden era of the seventies to his world of domination in the eighties. Most of the concert was in the can but alan yentob said that the bbc lostdestroyed the outtakes. Much, it should be said, to the surprise of his band. At the time of filming cracked actor, bowie was a huge international star, his interviews taking place in a series of hotel rooms and limousines. Alan yentob s famous 1975 bbc doco capturing postziggy bowie in america during the 74 diamond dogs tour chemraddled and alarmingly emaciated, yet lucid and surprisingly open in interviews and in fine voice on stage.
It was the first time the bbc had ever dedicated a major arts programme to a pop star and it established yentob. He has spent his entire career at the bbc from where he stepped down as creative director in december 2015 and served as chairman of the board of trustees for kids company from 2003 until the collapse of the charity in 2015. Galerieonline youtube davidbowie, cracked actor i m just. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. He has responsibility for a significant film division and chairs the board of bbc films. Alan yentob interviews bowie in this enjoyable and intelligently made 15 minute bbc tv feature from 1978. Riding a limo through the california desert, he mouths aretha franklinss you make me feel like a natural woman like someone halfstarved. He is also the focal point for talent management across the whole of the bbc. In 1974, david bowie embarked on an extensive tour of america. David bowie interviewed by tim rice for bbc friday night, saturday morning 10 october 1980. This excellent documentary originally broadcast by the bbc in 1975 may seem slow moving and arty to those weened on biographys breezy chronobio clipshow style, but its as honest a portrait as youll ever find on the enigmatic singer, captured in the midst of an intensely creative period, but fueled and debilitated by massive cocaine use.
It was filmed in 1974 when bowie was struggling with cocaine addiction, and the documentary has become. David bowie interviewed by alan yentob for bbc arena 1978. Hes done a good job of making a great deal of archival material legitimately available even his infamously twitchy, sniffy 1974 interview with dick cavett but cracked actor, broadcast the following year as part of the bbcs omnibus. David bowie right nacho promo take three 1975 david. David bowie arena rock bbc tv, 1978 david bowie news. Cracked actor by alan yentob for bbc omnibus 26 january 1975. It was first shown on bbc1 on 26 january 1975 it was filmed in 1974 when bowie was struggling with cocaine addiction, and the documentary has become notorious for showing his mental state during this period. The colour portions of the footage were used in cracked actor. Cracked actor is a 1975 television documentary film about the musician david bowie, made by alan yentob for the bbcs omnibus strand. Unofficial release of the 1974 bbc, alan yentob documentary, which features bowie starting to crack the american market whilst at the same time morphing from a glam star into a soul singer.
For the 1974 diamond dogs tour bowie removed cracked actor from. The list was compiled based on the nominations submitted to channel 4 by a series of factual filmmakers. Alan yentob is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. Provided to youtube by parlophone uk cracked actor live david bowie cracked actor. Whilst alan yentobs cracked actor shows a fascinating picture of bowie, this is the definitive live performance when ziggy played guitar, and then announced his retirement onstage.
Ive come on a few years from my hollywood highs the best of the last, the cleanest star they ever had im stiff on my legend, the films that i made forget that im fifty. A film about david bowie is a 1975 television documentary film about the musician david bowie, made by alan yentob for the bbcs omnibus strand. David bowie alan yentobs cracked actor film is forty. Cracked actor is notable for being a source for footage of bowies ambitious diamond dogs tour at the time he was a cocaine addict and also for showing bowies fragile mental state during this period. Alan yentob speakers bureau and booking agent info. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news. David bowie 19970104 changes bowie at fifty alan yentobs followup documentary to cracked actor, broadcast on bbc 2,uk 1997024 42min min. Ken pitt had been bowies manager when alan yentob made his celebrated documentary, cracked actor, about bowie 3 years earlier. David bowie im only dancing the soul tour 74 page 2. The former is the first official release of this philly dogs tour show from september 1974, some of which was featured in alan yentobs bbc documentary, cracked actor. The sixth side features an etching of the diamond dogs era bowie logo. Bbcs cracked actor first aired this day in 1975 im just the space cadet. It was produced by bowies old mate alan yentob, who in 1974, produced the brilliant cracked actor probably the greatest bowie documentary ever made.
Feb 20, 2020 there is the concert footage which was used in the bbc cracked actor documentary. The infamous quote from alan yentobs cracked actor documentary 1975. Alan yentobs cracked actor film is forty five today im just the space cadet. Performing over 70 concerts and taking 6 months, bowie and his band stepped on stage each even. The black and white footage was first utilised in francis whateleys bbc documentary, david bowie.
Alan yentobs cracked actor film is 45 today david bowie. David bowie cracked actor bbc omnibus documentary directed by alan yentob 1975 text from. David bowie 19970104 changes bowie at fifty alan yentobs. Using the film cracked actor, directed by alan yentob. The full concert is documented on this triple vinyl fivesided album. Filmed by the bbc in 1974 by alan yentob for the omnibus strand, and was shown on bbc2 in the uk on january 26, 1975. Bbc arts supremo alan yentob comes under attack for giving tv starring roles to a group of his friends dubbed als pals critics angry that series of imagine is devoted to allmale group of friends. Alan yentob generally travels from londonuk and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Filmed in 1974, and featuring the only known footage of the. His talent as a producer and director emerged in the early 1970s with the david bowie documentary cracked actor and the star became one of the earliest of. His role is to ensure that the creative future recommendations are implemented across all content and services.
Pub quiz trivia fact, in 2014 i hosted a screening with alan yentob of cracked actor his incredible documentary of david bowie on an american tour in 1975. Alan yentob s cracked actor film is 45 today im just the space cadet. Alan yentob born 11 march 1947 is an english television executive and presenter. A video for the song from the album young americans. David bowie cracked actor lp due april 22, 2017 page 5.
David bowie, coked out of his gourd in the back of a limo, wonders if he hears a cop as his vehicle courses. Bbc arts supremo alan yentob comes under attack for giving tv. Cracked actor, di david bowie pseudonimo di david robert jones, tratto dall album aladdin sane del 1973. David bowie probably doesnt want you to see this film. After the bbcs omnibus produced cracked actor 1975, and the selfproduced ricochet. Jan, 2016 director alan yentob followed david bowie around the us during the diamond dogs tour, and while its good to see some of the numbers from that album being performed live, ive always found it odd that bowies stage persona is that of the young americans album, all big hair and padded shoulders.
Dec, 2016 cracked actor, with bowie ethereal, fragile as glass, appeared on omnibus in 1974. Cracked actor was filmed in california and philadelphia during the legendary diamond dogs tour of 1974 and it captured bowie at a transitional stage in. The estimated speaking fee range to book alan yentob for your event is available upon request. In celebration of cracked actor, the live release from david bowies infamously. Jun 29, 2017 the 1975 bbc documentary cracked actor captured david bowie at his lowest point, hollowed out so exquisitely by drugs that you wince to look. A shortened edition of the arts series edited and presented by alan yentob. May 07, 2008 cracked actor, di david bowie pseudonimo di david robert jones, tratto dall album aladdin sane del 1973. This clip from alan yentobs 1975 documentary cracked actor brilliantly captures the height of. The 1975 film, viewable below, is directed by alan yentob. Complete, full version of the documentary that was never released commercially. The feature was recorded and broadcast during the 1978 isolar ii world tour.
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