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‘A Complete Unknown’: Read The Screenplay That Plugs Into The Moment Bob Dylan Became An Icon

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Hollywood insider James Mangold adapts Bob Dylan's iconic 'Newport Folk Festival' moment into a must-read screenplay for rising star Timothée Chalamet.
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  • Mangold collaborated with two-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jay Cocks to craft the script, drawing from Elijah Wald's book 'Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties'.
  • The screenplay, titled 'A Complete Unknown', offers a micro-biopic of the moment when Bob Dylan famously 'went electric', a pivotal shift that shook the folk music world and propelled him to icon status.
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Bob Dylan, James Mangold, Jay Cocks, Timothée Chalamet, Elijah Wald, Searchlight Pictures, 'A Complete Unknown'
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