David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017)
In the last five years of his life, David Bowie ended nearly a decade of silence to engage in an extraordinary burst of activity, producing two groundbreaking albums and a musical. David Bowie: The Last Five Years explores this unexpected end to a remarkable career. Made with remarkable access, Francis Whately’s documentary is a revelatory follow-up to his acclaimed 2013 documentary David Bowie: Five Years, which chronicled Bowie’s golden ‘70s and early-‘80s period.
Director:
Francis Whately
Writer:
Francis Whately
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David Bowie as Self (archive footage) |
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Michael C. Hall as Self |
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Toni Basil as Self |
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Tony Visconti as Self |
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Gail Ann Dorsey as Self |
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Donny McCaslin as Self |
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Geoff MacCormack as Self |
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Maria Schneider as Self |
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Robert Fox as Self |
| Editing | Ged Murphy | Editor |
| Production | Francis Whately | Producer |
| Production | Phil Dolling | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Francis Whately | Director |
| Camera | Richard Numeroff | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Adam Scourfield | Sound |
| Writing | Francis Whately | Screenplay |
| Sound | Sean O'Neil | Sound |
| Camera | Louis Caulfield | Director of Photography |