Eat the Document (1972)

Eat the Document

1972

Documentary Music

Synopsis

Eat the Document is a documentary of Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of the United Kingdom with the Hawks. It was shot under Dylan's direction by D. A. Pennebaker, whose groundbreaking documentary Dont Look Back chronicled Dylan's 1965 British tour. The film was originally commissioned for the ABC television series Stage '66. Though shooting had completed for the film, Dylan's July 1966 motorcycle accident delayed the editing process. Once well enough to work again, Dylan edited the film himself. ABC rejected the film as incomprehensible for a mainstream audience.

Credits

Director

Bob Dylan

Cast

Albert Grossman as Self

Bob Dylan as Self

Bob Neuwirth as Self

Garth Hudson as Self

John Lennon as Self

Johnny Cash as Self

Mickey Jones as Self

Richard Manuel as Self