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Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Taglines:
- The Rise Of A Star... The Fall Of A Legend!
- Style matters. Even when it comes to murder.
- A man's life is his image.
Todd Haynes
Plot Summary:
1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challanges the seriousness within the flowerpower generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, 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 discovers that the murder is a fake, 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 grew up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened his old glamrock hero. [Summary by Jack Fairy]
Cast:
Ewan McGregor | .... | Curt Wild | |
Jonathan Rhys Meyers | .... | Brian Slade | |
Christian Bale | .... | Arthur Stuart | |
Toni Collette | .... | Mandy Slade | |
Eddie Izzard | .... | Jerry Devine | |
Emily Woof | .... | Shannon | |
Michael Feast | .... | Cecil | |
Janet McTeer | .... | Female Narrator (voice) | |
Mairead McKinley | .... | Wilde Housemaid (as Maraid McKinley) | |
Luke Morgan Oliver | .... | Oscar Wilde, 8 | |
Osheen Jones | .... | Jack Fairy, 7 | |
Micko Westmoreland | .... | Jack Fairy | |
Damian Suchet | .... | BBC Reporter | |
Danny Nutt | .... | Kissing Sailor | |
Wash Westmoreland | .... | Young Man | |
Don Fellows | .... | Lou | |
Ganiat Kasumu | .... | Mary | |
Ray Shell | .... | Murray | |
Alastair Cumming | .... | Tommy Stone | |
Zoe Boyce | .... | Girl on the Subway | |
Jim Whelan | .... | Mr. Stuart | |
Sylvia Grant | .... | Mrs. Stuart | |
Tim Hans | .... | Manchester Teacher | |
Ryan Pope | .... | Arthur's Brother | |
Stuart Callaghan | .... | Boy in Record Shop 1 | |
James Francis | .... | Boy in Record Shop 2 | |
Callum Hamilton | .... | Brian Slade, 7 | |
Lindsay Kemp | .... | Pantomime Dame | |
Carlos Miranda | .... | Pianist | |
Emma Handy | .... | Mod Girlfriend | |
Matthew Glamour | .... | Mimosa | |
Daniel Adams | .... | Curt Wild, 13 | |
Bryan Torfeh | .... | Bartender (as Brian Torfeh) | |
Joe Beattie | .... | Cooper | |
Sarah Cawood | .... | Angel | |
David Hoyle | .... | Freddi | |
Winston Austin | .... | Micky | |
Ivan Cartwright | .... | Cecil's Friend 1 | |
Peter King | .... | Cecil's Friend 2 | |
Justin Salinger | .... | Rodney | |
Roger Alborough | .... | Middle Age Man | |
Peter Bradley Jr. | .... | 30's Style Singer | |
Jonathan Cullen | .... | Reporter 1 | |
William Key | .... | Reporter 2 | |
Vincent Marzello | .... | US Reporter 1 | |
Corey Skaggs | .... | US Reporter 2 | |
Nathan Osgood | .... | US Reporter 3 | |
Nadia Williams | .... | Teenage Girl | |
Brian Molko | .... | Malcolm (Flaming Creatures) | |
Antony Langdon | .... | Ray (Flaming Creatures) | |
Xavior | .... | Pearl (Flaming Creatures) | |
Steve Hewitt | .... | Billy (Flaming Creatures) | |
Guy Leverton | .... | Trevor (The Venus in Furs) | |
Vinney Reck | .... | Reg (The Venus in Furs) | |
Keith-Lee Castle | .... | Harley (The Venus in Furs) | |
Alan Fordham | .... | Bass Guitar (The Wild Ratz) | |
Jono McGrath | .... | Lead Guitar (The Wild Ratz) | |
Perry Clayton | .... | Drummer (The Wild Ratz) | |
Donna Matthews | .... | Polly Small (Polly Small's Band) | |
Ritz | .... | Lead Guitar (Polly Small's Band) | |
Stefan Olsdal | .... | Bass Guitar (Polly Small's Band) | |
Trevor Sharpe | .... | Drummer (Polly Smalls band) |