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Stardust

Stardust

3,9 /10 (45 Votes)
2020 EN 109 min

Overview

In 1971, rock star David Bowie travels to America for the first time to promote his third album, The Man Who Sold the World. There, he embarks on a coast-to-coast publicity tour. During this tour, Bowie creates his iconic Ziggy Stardust persona, inspired by artists like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.

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Release date

25/11/2020

Votes

45

Popularity

1.3

David before Bowie.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

109 min

Budget

$5,500,000

Revenue

$62,251

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JPRetana

2026-06-17

An intertitle at the beginning of Stardust (2020) warns us that what we are about to see is “(mostly) fiction.” When it comes to biopics, such a disclaimer is superfluous. This redundant transparency from co-writer/director Gabriel Range does raise a question. What can we learn from a movie about David Bowie that contains nothing Bowie ever said or did, nothing that ever happened to him, and no music he ever composed? Stardust focuses on Bowie's first US tour in 1971. It plays out like a bastard offspring of This Is Spinal Tap and Green Book. The film has Bowie (Johnny Flynn) perform some o…

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