Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 29 wins & 49 nominations total
Kris Kristofferson
- Narrator
- (voice)
Roc Lafortune
- Hobo Moe
- (as Roc LaFortune)
Brian R.C. Wilmes
- Circus Man
- (as Brian RC Wilmes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTodd Haynes needed to get approval from Bob Dylan to use his music, since (unlike in his Velvet Goldmine (1998) where David Bowie did not give his permission for his music) he felt the film would not work without it. At the encouragement of Dylan's manager, Haynes wrote a one-page summary of his concept and the characters, which Dylan approved. It took another 6 years to get the film made due to funding difficulties.
- GoofsWhen Woody's character is first seen he is running towards a train going North but when he is sitting on the train, it is noticeably going South.
- Quotes
Billy the Kid: People are always talking about freedom. Freedom to live a certain way, without being kicked around. Course the more you live a certain way, the less it feel like freedom. Me, uhm, I can change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else. I don't know who I am most of the time.
- Crazy creditsThe way the title appears on the screen at the opening would read: I he I'm her not her not here. I'm not there" (period included).
- SoundtracksGoin' to Acapulco
Performed by Jim James and Calexico
Written by Bob Dylan
Published by Dwarf Music (SESAC)
Produced by Joey Burns
Jim James appears courtesy of ATO Records
Calexico appears courtesy of Quarterstick Records
Featured review
I recently watched I'm not there and this movie isn't done in a way that really makes sense sometimes or flows, but after the first 10 minutes you really understand what is happening.This movie has differen't stories from differen't characters that come in and differen't times, and they all have something to do with bob Dylan's life.I thought the movie was gonna show one story at a time, but they show one for like 5 minutes then another one and comeback to it later and sometimes only show a clip for it for a few seconds.This is done in a very art-house style and is for fans of the genre, it isn't abstract crap like some movies but actually has some great scenes that are visually wonderful.Some scenes play like Fellini's 81/2 and this movie feels like a foreign film a lot of the time but the characters speak English.This movie is far from perfect for my taste and I am not a huge Dylan fan but I respect him a lot, the movie pretty much does a good job at pulling you into it and you go for a ride.It's well made and the acting is good all around, don't watch the movie if you don't like art type films or movies that focus on characters and out of place scenes that are put there for a visual purpose.It's a cool flick and I think a lot of people can respect it, it's nice to see something original and not in some movie formula like a lot of Hollywood blockbusters we get these days.
- randyhndrsn
- Jan 2, 2008
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,017,609
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $730,819
- Nov 25, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $11,792,542
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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