On Christmas, the brand new biopic movie about Bob Dylan known as A Full Unknown will open in theaters. And similar to the true life story of Dylan, Johnny Money will play an necessary position.
A Full Unknown doesn’t cowl the whole lifetime of Bob Dylan, however focuses on his life beginning within the early Sixties when he strikes from Minnesota to New York, up-to-the-minute in 1965 when Dylan “went electrical” on the Newport People Pageant.
Bob Dylan didn’t “go nation” till 1966’s Blonde on Blonde recorded in Nashville, and later 1969’s Nashville Skyline. This late 1960’s interval can also be the period that Dylan made his landmark appearances on The Johnny Money Present.
However 1964 is when Dylan and Money first met. The 2 songwriters each performed the Newport People Pageant in 1964. As Dylan was turning into a pariah to his personal proponents by shifting away from his acoustic people sound, Money was one of many few who supported and defended him, which could be seen partly within the movie trailer (see under).
Timothée Chalamet performs Bob Dylan within the movie, and Boyd Holbrook is solid as Johnny Money. “I’m unsure they wanna hear what I wanna play, Johnny,” Chalamet’s Dylan says within the trailer. “I wanna hear it,” Money says earlier than including, “Make some noise, Huge D.”
A Full Unknown additionally has one other main tie-in to the lifetime of Johnny Money. The movie’s director and co-writer is James Mangold, who additionally directed the well-received 2005 Johnny Money biopic Stroll The Line starring Joaquin Phoenix. Mangold says the 2 movies differ considerably since Money’s legacy may be very a lot outlined by his childhood trauma, whereas Dylan is extra of a thriller.
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Woody Guthrie, Mavis Staples, and different necessary musical characters additionally seem within the movie. However Johnny Money’s position will give one thing for nation followers to look ahead to in a film that’s anticipated to win rave critiques and will earn main awards.
