Velvet Goldmine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(25836 Reviews)

Director:

Todd Haynes

Genres:

Drama Music

Cast:

Ewan McGregor Jonathan Rhys Meyers Christian Bale Toni Collette

Writer:

James Lyons (story)

Todd Haynes (story)

Todd Haynes

Fullplot:

1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challenges the seriousness within the flower power generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rock star, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discover that the murder is not real, his star falls and he is forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and growing up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened to his old glamrock hero.

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