New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.
As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement and, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial choice that culturally reverberates worldwide.
Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.
Directed by Academy Award® nominee James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari), A COMPLETE UNKNOWN starring four-time Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominee Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name, Dune), Academy Award® nominee Edward Norton (American History X, Birdman), Elle Fanning (‘The Great’) and Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick). With a screenplay by Mangold and Jay Cocks (Silence, Gangs of New York), the film is produced by Range’s Academy Award® nominee Fred Berger (La La Land), Mangold via his Turnpike Films, The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman, Veritas Entertainment Group’s Bob Bookman, Peter Jaysen and Alan Gasmer, and Bob Dylan’s longtime representative Jeff Rosen, along with Chalamet. Michael Bederman (Spotlight), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (The Bikeriders, Longlegs), and Andrew Rona are executive producers. Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders, Logan), Scoot McNairy (Nightbitch, 12 Years a Slave), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Norbert Leo Butz (Fosse/Verdon), Will Harrison (‘Daisy Jones & the Six’), P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eriko Hatsune (Emperor) and musician Big Bill Morganfield round out the cast.
Joining Mangold behind the camera are Academy Award®-nominated cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska, Ford v Ferrari), production designer François Audouy (Logan, Ford v Ferrari), Academy Award®-winning film editor Andrew Buckland (Ford v Ferrari, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) and Scott Morris (Ad Astra, Armageddon Time), and Academy Award®-nominated costume designer Arianne Phillips (Walk the Line, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood).
The music team is led by Grammy® Award-winning executive music producer Nick Baxter (Maestro, The Color Purple) and Grammy® Award-winning music supervisor Steven Gizicki (La La Land, In the Heights), while the sound team features supervising music editor Ted Caplan (Ford v. Ferrari, 3:10 to Yuma), Academy Award®-nominated production mixer Tod A. Maitland (West Side Story, The Greatest Showman), Academy Award®-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey (The Martian, Bohemian Rhapsody), Academy Award®-nominated re-recording mixer David Giammarco (Ford v. Ferrari, 3:10 to Yuma), and Academy Award®-winning sound editor Donald Sylvester (Walk the Line, Ford v. Ferrari).
Nominated for three Golden Globe Awards – including Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Actor (Drama) for Timothée Chalamet and Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton.
“Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation”
Guardian
“Timothée Chalamet embodies Bob Dylan’s once-in-a-generation coolness”
Telegraph