The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert footage. Most of the concert footage was taken from a show at the Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre on 2 September 1974 (Also featured are excerpts from D.A. Pennebaker's concert film shot at London's Hammersmith Odeon on 3 July 1973). Cracked Actor is notable for being a source for footage of Bowie's ambitious Diamond Dogs tour, and also for showing Bowie's fragile mental state during this period.
Directed by Alan Yentob
glam rock
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3.8 / 5
Cast
David Bowie
Self
Crew
Alan Yentob
Director
Alan Yentob
Writer
David Myers
Director of Photography
Alan Yentob
Producer
D. A. Pennebaker
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5 reviews
Liam
10.0★ · 06/09/25
I love David Bowie
I love David Bowie
val
7.0★ · 02/08/25
its always strangely comforting to see bowies audience in the 70s and feeling like a mirror has been put in front of my face, cheers to the girls with dyed hair, glittered eyelids and no eyebrows
its always strangely comforting to see bowies audience in the 70s and feeling like a mirror has been put in front of my face, cheers to the girls with dyed hair, glittered eyelids and no eyebrows