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‘A Complete Unknown’: Read The Screenplay That Plugs Into The Moment Bob Dylan Became An Icon
DeadlineStory by Patrick Hipes
scrn logline
Hollywood insider James Mangold adapts Bob Dylan's iconic 'Newport Folk Festival' moment into a must-read screenplay for rising star Timothée Chalamet.
beat sheet
- 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'