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Bob Dylan’s Catalog Is On The Rise As His Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ Hits Theaters

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  1. A Complete Unknown review: a crowd-pleasing, safe music biopic

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  2. ‘A Complete Unknown’ Seeks The Elusive Truth Behind Bob Dylan

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    Bob Dylan’s Catalog Is On The Rise As His Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ Hits Theaters

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  1. New York Post

    Exclusive | How Timothée Chalamet mastered the music of Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’: ‘I was floored’ (opens New York Post)

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    In "A Complete Unknown," Timothée Chalamet does his own singing and playing on guitar and harmonica — after five years of studying to master the music of Bob Dylan.

  2. The New Republic

    A Complete Unknown Misses the Elusive Genius of Bob Dylan (opens The New Republic)

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    The biopic starring Timothée Chalamet is a star-is-born fable viewed with 20/20 hindsight and through rose-tinted glasses.

  3. UPI

    Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton: Bob Dylan remains unknown (opens UPI)

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    Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton explain why they still don't know Bob Dylan after making the biopic "A Complete Unknown," in theaters Wednesday, and why that's a good thing.

  4. Insider

    How the cast of 'A Complete Unknown' compares to the real-life people they're playing (opens Insider)

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    "A Complete Unknown" follows Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in the early '60s. Here's how the cast compares to the real-life people involved.

  5. New York Post

    ‘A Complete Unknown’ review: Timothée Chalamet makes a killer Bob Dylan in biopic (opens New York Post)

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    Like a rolling stone comes the best musician biopic since “Elvis.” It’s “A Complete Unknown,” director James Mangold’s transportive movie about a young Bob Dylan trying to make it as a scrappy folk singer in New York.

  6. Digital Trends

    A Complete Unknown review: a crowd-pleasing, safe music biopic (opens Digital Trends)

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    A Complete Unknown is a crowd-pleasing, if superficial, Bob Dylan biopic.

  7. Salon

    "He's a contrarian": "A Complete Unknown" unmasks Bob Dylan to reveal the man, not enigmatic icon (opens Salon)

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    "A Complete Unknown" interview with director to discuss Bob Dylan the man, not the enigmatic music icon

  8. Time

    The True Story Behind A Complete Unknown (opens Time)

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    What the Bob Dylan movie 'A Complete Unknown' gets right and wrong about the singer

  9. Time

    A Complete Unknown Celebrates the Dazzling Unknowability of Bob Dylan (opens Time)

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    James Mangold's scrappy, semi-unflattering patchwork portrait serves Bob Dylan far better than any fawning hagiography could.

  10. Forbes

    ‘A Complete Unknown’ Reviews: Are Critics In Tune With Bob Dylan Film? (opens Forbes)

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    "A Complete Unknown"—starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan—is new in theaters. How are critics responding to the biopic about the movie icon?

  11. Time

    'A Complete Unknown' Misses a Key Part of 1960s History (opens Time)

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    The Bob Dylan film forefronts a conflict between acoustic and electric music, while ignoring how the Vietnam War divided folk musicians.

  12. Variety

    ‘A Complete Unknown’ Fact vs. Fiction: Bob Dylan Experts Go Deep on What’s True or Fanciful in the Celebrated Biopic (opens Variety)

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    What's real or fictionalized in the Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown'? Several experts, including the author of the source book, go into detail.

  13. Forbes

    When Is The Bob Dylan Movie ‘A Complete Unknown’ Coming To Streaming? (opens Forbes)

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    Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown," which is currently in theaters. Here’s when you can expect to watch the biopic from home.

  14. Insider

    'A Complete Unknown' director James Mangold has no idea if Bob Dylan will ever see his movie (opens Insider)

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    "A Complete Unknown" director James Mangold said Bob Dylan consulted on his biopic script, but he doesn't know if the singer will see the movie.

  15. NPR

    In 'A Complete Unknown,' Timothée Chalamet captures the idea of Bob Dylan : Pop Culture Happy Hour (opens NPR)

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    A Complete Unknown isn't a traditional biopic. Instead of covering Bob Dylan's life story from birth to old age, it covers the period shortly after his arrival in New York City, as he first begins to fall in with the city's folk music scene.

  16. Forbes

    Bob Dylan’s Catalog Is On The Rise As His Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ Hits Theaters (opens Forbes)

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    Several of Bob Dylan

  17. The Guardian

    ‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown (opens The Guardian)

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    Starring an Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold’s biopic retells Dylan’s electric early career, but it resonates with today’s toxic fame and politics. The creative team explain their process – and what Dylan makes of it

  18. Forbes

    ‘A Complete Unknown’ Seeks The Elusive Truth Behind Bob Dylan (opens Forbes)

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    Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold perfectly capture the paradox of Bob Dylan

  19. Salon

    Bob Dylan acted out "A Complete Unknown's" script before he approved it (opens Salon)

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    Bob Dylan was heavily involved in "A Complete Unknown" he acted out scenes with the director James Mangold

  20. America Magazine

    A Bob Dylan nerd reviews ‘A Complete Unknown’ (opens America Magazine)

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    As a young Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown," Timothee Chalamet captures some of the iconic singer's enigmatic yet magnetic personality.

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