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In my flashforward I had breakfast with Bob Dylan

Mike Hobo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:41:37 +0000

An Internet video of Bob Dylan’s 1976 “Hard Rain” live version of “Shelter from the Storm” is featured in episode 9 (”Believe”) of the first season of the ABC TV-series “FlashForward”. The woman Bryce saw in his flashforward – Japanese office employee Keiko Arahida – watches the video on her PC in the office, trying to learn how to play the guitar like Dylan.

And here is the video of the full song:

The full song is also used as a background song at the end of episode 9.
Learn more about the live version and the album “Hard Rain”, as well as the original song and the original album “Blood on the Tracks”. You can also rate the song and post your comments.

Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ Music Video

Mike Hobo — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:52:59 +0000

The first video from the new album “Together Through Life”, directed by former stuntman and stunt coordinator Nash Edgerton (Star Wars, Batman Returns, The Matrix) and featuring TV-actress Amanda Aardsma and Joel Stoffer (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull):

You can post your comments and submit your rating to “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” and the new album “Together Through Life” on tweedlr.com.

Golden Globe for Blanchett

Mike Hobo — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:40:29 +0000

Cate Blanchett has won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe award for playing Bob Dylan in the biopic “I’m Not There”. “I wish circumstances would allow me to be there,” the actress said in a statement, adding “None of this would be possible without the great man himself, Bob Dylan, wherever you are, whoever you are, I thank you deeply.”
The strike by the Writers Guild of America resulted in a simple news conference to announce the recipients, without any winners around.

“I’m Not There” movie clip leaked on YouTube

Mike Hobo — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:51:08 +0000

A clip of Todd Haynes’ upcoming biographical Bob Dylan movie has leaked on YouTube. The 90 seconds long video features Cate Blanchett (!) in the role of Bob Dylan driving in a car with Mike Bloomfield in 1965, when Alan Ginsberg drives by for a short conversation. The clip was shot in authentic “Don’t Look Back”-style B&W and you can even see the time code below.

The Harvey Weinstein production shows episodes out of Bob Dylan’s life from the early 1960s onwards. Dylan is embodied by 7(!) different actors, including Cate Blanchett (1960s) and Richard Gere (1970s).
The movie is named after a song recorded in 1967, “I’m Not There” from the legendary “Basement Tapes”. It will open in cinemas in autumn 2007.

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New Dylan song released

Mike Hobo — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:47:53 +0000

The last time we heard a new original Dylan composition was “Cross the Green Mountian” 2 years ago on the “Gods & Generals” soundtrack. After a time in which Dylan wrote his autobiography “Chronicles, Volume One”, a new song now surfaced on the soundtrack compilation “Music From The Motion Picture North Country”: “Tell Ol’ Bill”.
Apart from the new track the collection also includes “Lay Lady Lay” from “Nashville Skyline” (1969), “Sweetheart Like You” from “Infidels” (1983) and “Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)” from “Slow Train Coming” (1979), plus a cover version of “Girl of the North Country”.

Following the release of his autobiography Dylan told in an interview that he was working on new songs. So far only “Tell Ol’ Bill” was released, but we’re all hoping for a new album some time soon, maybe next year.

You can listen to “Tell Ol’ Bill” and the other tracks from the soundtrack on http://www.columbiarecords.com/northcountry/ .

Dylan’s life coming up on the big screen!

Mike Hobo — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:09:59 +0000

Movie director Todd Haynes (”Velvet Goldmine”, “Far from Heaven”) is currently working on the script for a movie called “I’m Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan” (working title).
The biographical movie on Bob Dylan will be finished in 2005 and released by Paramount Pictures. Dylan himself will not appear as an actor, but he has cleared rights for the usage of his original songs for the movie score. Regarding the producers (Killer Films and Wells Prods.) “I’m Not There” will be “inspired by Dylan’s music”.

Movie production details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368794/

Scorsese does it again

Mike Hobo — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:08:56 +0000

Cult director Martin Scorsese (”The Last Waltz”) is working on a new film called “Bob Dylan Anthology Project” (working title).
It will be a documentary about Bob Dylan’s 1963 breakthrough and the cultural and political influence of his music. It is expected to feature live concert performances, studio recording sessions, and the first filmed interview with Dylan in 15 years.
The film is planned for release in 2005 and will be broadcast on U.S. and U.K. television.

Movie production details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367555/

‘Cross the Green Mountain

Mike Hobo — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:46:02 +0000

Bob Dylan has released a new single and music video. The contribution for the civil war epic movie “Gods and Generals”, directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, is called “‘Cross the Green Mountain”.

Visit the official G&G movie website at godsandgeneralsmusic.com

Bob Dylan is Jack Fate

Mike Hobo — Sat, 15 Mar 2003 10:50:38 +0000

In his first major movie role Dylan plays an out of luck folk singer, who is bailed out of jail by Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) to make his stage comeback for a benefit concert.

The cast surprises with a long list of well-known names such as Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Luke Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Angela Bassett, Ed Harris, Chris Penn, Val Kilmer, Mickey Rourke and Christian Slater as well as musicians of Dylan’s recent studio and tour band Larry Campbell, Tony Garnier and Charlie Sexton.

Visit the official M&A movie website at maskedandanonymous-themovie.com