James Mangold directs A Complete Unknown, a biographical drama based on Elijah Wald’s book Dylan Goes Electric! Mangold and Jay Cooks wrote the script.
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 1960s, the film follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan, played by Timothée Chalamet. His meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts—his songs and charisma becoming a worldwide sensation—culminated in his groundbreaking electric performance in 1965.
Ellen Fanning plays Dylan’s girlfriend, Monica Barbaro plays Joan Baez, and Ed Norton plays folk legend Pete Seeger.
Other movies directed by James Mangold:
Walk The Line