I'm Not There
Short description
I'm Not There is a drama about Bob Dylan that avoids the usual shape of a musical biography. Instead of following one life in order, it splits him into six figures played by six different actors, each standing for a different side of the artist and his work. A boy calling himself Woody rides the rails with a guitar; a folk singer turns into a small-town preacher; a young man becomes a rock star at the height of his fame; an older outlaw named Billy lives quietly until his past catches up with him. The film moves between these strands rather than linking them into a single story.
Todd Haynes directed and wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman. It was his fifth feature, arriving between Far from Heaven and Carol. The cast includes Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw, with a large supporting company. The production, made in Germany and the United States, had a budget of about 20 million dollars and took roughly 12 million dollars worldwide.
On IMDb the film holds 6.8 from around 63,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.5 from about 800 votes, while critics gave it 7.3 from 161 reviews, a warmer response than the audience scores suggest.
What's left behind the scenes
- Colin Farrell was initially cast as Robbie Clarke. However, the actor left the project to undergo treatment for an addiction to pills he was taking for a back injury, and Heath Ledger (1979-2008) was cast in his place.
- At the end of 2006, it became known that the Weinstein brothers' company, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, would be the distributor of the film in the United States. Interestingly, this is the second film about Bob Dylan to be released under the Weinsteins' patronage: "I Slept with Andy Warhol," starring Hayden Christensen as Dylan, also produced by the Weinsteins, premiered on December 29, 2006.
- Todd Haynes needed Bob Dylan's permission to use his songs in the film. Unlike his 1998 film "Velvet Goldmine," when David Bowie (1947-2016) did not grant similar permission to use his songs in the film, Haynes believed that the film could not be made without Dylan's songs. Following the advice of Bowie's manager, Haynes briefly described the concept of the film and its characters, and Dylan approved. Due to financial difficulties, the film was only shot 6 years later.
- Filming began on July 10, 2006, in Canada.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
