I'm Not There. (2007)

Director:

Todd Haynes

Writers:

Todd Haynes (screenplay) &
Oren Moverman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music

Plot:

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

Plot Keywords:

Bar Scene | Cigarette Smoking | Break Up | Existential | Multiple Identities

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 14 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Cate Blanchett	...	Jude Quinn
Ben Whishaw	...	Arthur Rimbaud
Christian Bale	...	Jack Rollins
Richard Gere	...	Billy the Kid
Marcus Carl Franklin	...	Woody Guthrie
Heath Ledger	...	Robbie Clark
Kris Kristofferson	...	Narrator (voice)
Don Francks	...	Hobo Joe
Roc LaFortune	...	Hobo Moe
Larry Day	...	Government Agent
Paul Cagelet	...	Carny
Pierre-Alexandre Fortin	...	Gorgeous George
Richie Havens	...	Old Man Arvin
Tyrone Benskin	...	Mr. Arvin
Kim Roberts	...	Mrs. Arvin
Eric Newsome	...	Sixties Narrator
Angela Galuppo	...	Folk Girl
Jane Wheeler	...	TV Host
Julianne Moore	...	Alice Fabian
Peter Friedman	...	Morris Bernstein
David Gow	...	Variety Show Host
Fanny La Croix	...	Actress
Kim Gordon	...	Carla Hendricks
Matthew Harbour	...	Fan #1
Kyle Switzer	...	Fan #2
Terry Haig	...	Gerry Hamlin
Greg Kramer	...	Drunk
Gordon Masten	...	Moonshiner
Bill Croft	...	Thief
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Claire
Gabrielle Marcoux	...	Molly - 6 Years Old
Jessey LaFlamme	...	Carlie - 3 Years Old
Jennifer Rae Westley	...	Louise
Pierre LeBlanc	...	Director #1
Tim Post	...	Newscaster
Richard Robitaille	...	Director #2
Ivan Freud	...	Performer #1
Holly O'Brien	...	Performer #2
Danny Blanco	...	Black Doctor
Susan Glover	...	Mrs. Peacock
Vito DeFilippo	...	Mr. Peacock
Andrew Simms	...	Mr. Snow
Lisa Bronwyn Moore	...	Mrs. Snow
Jessica Kardos	...	Nurse
Garth Gilker	...	Man in Hospital Bed
John Koensgen	...	Physician
Mark Camacho	...	Norman
Lorne Brass	...	Folk Guru
Andrew Shaver	...	Mike
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Benz Antoine	...	Bobby Seale / Rabbit Brown
Shaun Balbar	...	Paparazzi
Maggie Castle	...	Another Girl
Joe Cobden	...	Sonny
David Cross	...	Allen Ginsberg
Thiéry Dubé	...	Priest
Bruce Greenwood	...	Keenan Jones / Pat Garrett
Kristen Hager	...	Mona / Polly
Marie-Julie Rivest	...	Strange Woman
Yolonda Ross	...	Angela Reeves
Dennis St John	...	Captain Henry
Craig Thomas	...	Huey P. Newton
Max Walker	...	Kid in the Crowd
Michelle Williams	...	Coco Rivington

Directed by
Todd Haynes

Writing credits
Todd Haynes		(screenplay) &
Oren Moverman		(screenplay)
Todd Haynes		(story)

Produced by
Philip Elway	....	executive producer
John Goldwyn	....	producer
Andreas Grosch	....	executive producer
Douglas Hansen	....	executive producer (as Douglas E. Hansen)
Wendy Japhet	....	executive producer
Amy J. Kaufman	....	line producer
Hengameh Panahi	....	executive producer
Charles Pugliese	....	co-producer
Jeff Rosen	....	producer
John Sloss	....	producer
Steven Soderbergh	....	executive producer
James D. Stern	....	producer
Christine Vachon	....	producer
John Wells	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Edward Lachman

Film Editing by
Jay Rabinowitz

Casting by
Laura Rosenthal

Production Design by
Judy Becker

Costume Design by
John A. Dunn

Makeup Department
Jean-Jacques Dion	....	hair stylist
Rick Findlater	....	hair designer
Rick Findlater	....	makeup designer
Réjean Forget	....	key hair stylist
Christophe Giraud	....	makeup artist
Kathy Kelso	....	key extras makeup artist
Colleen Quinton	....	key makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	hair stylist: Cate Blanchett
Morag Ross	....	makeup artist: Cate Blanchett
Ghislaine Sant	....	hair stylist
Nathalie Trépanier	....	makeup artist
Fanny Vachon	....	makeup artist: extras (uncredited)

Production Management
Michael Jackman	....	executive in charge of post-production
Jacky Lavoie	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrice Barrilliet	....	assistant director
Anabelle Berkani	....	third assistant director
Anna Ferenczi	....	additional third assistant director
Pedro Gandol	....	assistant director
Fanny Hudon	....	second second assistant director
Carl Kouri	....	third assistant director
Louis Morin	....	second unit director

Art Department
Real Capuano	....	assistant art director
Annie Carpentier	....	props buyer
Jamie Knutson	....	property buyer
Hans Laliberté	....	art department coordinator assistant
Denis Lemire	....	set dresser
Steve Louis	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Benjamin Cheah	....	sound effects recordist
Caoimhe Doyle	....	foley artist
Brian Dunlop	....	foley editor
David Esparza	....	supervising sound effects editor
David Hingorany	....	sound mix engineer
Robert Jackson	....	supervising sound editor
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Anna Malkin	....	foley recording mixer
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound recordist
Leslie Shatz	....	sound
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Don White	....	foley recording mixer

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
David Loveday	....	special effects technician
Yves Martel	....	special effects assistant
Sebastien Roussel	....	pyrotechnician
Bernard Guay	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Marie-Josee Auclair	....	compositing artist
Pierre-Hugues Dallaire	....	3D artist
Martin Desrochers	....	3D artist
Sylvain Lebeau	....	compositing artist
Guillaume Marin-Lafond	....	post-production assistant
Guillaume Marin-Lafond	....	rotoscoping
Rene Morel	....	matte painter
Louis Morin	....	visual effects supervisor
Renaud Paradis	....	system administrator
Jonathan Piche-Delorme	....	digital compositor: Studio Ex-Centris
Alain Roy	....	visual effects director: Ex-Centris Studio
Jamal Toppi	....	title effects line producer
Daniel Torrico	....	compositing artist
Gabriel Tremblay-Beauvais	....	3D artist
Nathalie Tremblay	....	digital compositor
Mark Tureski	....	digital intermediate conformist
Elise Voyer	....	visual effects project manager
Ryan Kunkleman	....	camera assistant: Portland Downshooter (uncredited)

Stunts
Alain Bérard	....	stunt performer
Stéphane Byl	....	utility stunts
Christian Caperaa	....	stunt double
Christian Caperaa	....	stunts
Jason Cavalier	....	stunts
Nathalie Girard	....	stunt performer
Sharlene Royer	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Aubin	....	additional second assistant camera
Geoffroy Beauchemin	....	underwater camera operator
Alain Bisson Doyal	....	grip
Roch Boucher	....	second assistant camera
Stéphane Byl	....	lighting technician
Jean-Yves Denis	....	grip
Sylvaine Dufaux	....	additional camera operator
Mark Eifert	....	titles photographer
John Harris	....	pre-light electrician
John Lewin	....	gaffer
Nicolas Marion	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Michel Périard	....	key grip
David Reinhard	....	first assistant camera: underwater scenes
Jeff Scott	....	best boy electric
Robert Stecko	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jonathan Wenk	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Solomon Burbridge	....	animation art director
Mark Eifert	....	animation photographer
Chel White	....	animation supervisor: Bent Image Lab

Casting Department
Rori Bergman	....	casting assistant
Ali Farrell	....	casting associate
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Adam St. Coeur	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tereska Gesing	....	extras dresser
Laurence Lacoste	....	costume assistant
Lisa Padovani	....	assistant costume designer
Lyse Pomerleau	....	wardrobe coordinator

Editorial Department
Debbie Holland	....	colorist
Rui Martins	....	telecine operator
Tom Mayclim	....	negative cutter
Perri Pivovar	....	associate editor
Mike Selemon	....	apprentice editor
Tanya Smith	....	post-production coordinator
Lee Wimer	....	film color timer

Music Department
Jim Dunbar	....	music supervisor
Eric Hill	....	music editor
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Steven Price	....	music tutor

Transportation Department
Étienne Geoffrion	....	driver: camera truck
Julie Marion	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Pierre Blondin	....	location supervisor
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach: Mr. Bale, pre-production
Jennifer Bydwell	....	clearances and product placement
Jean-Philippe Collin	....	stand-in
William Conacher	....	dialect coach: Mr. Whishaw
Alana Cymerman	....	location manager
Puelo Deir	....	unit publicist
André Déry	....	production assistant
Etienne Desrosiers	....	location manager
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant
Marc-André Goyer	....	travel coordinator
Florian Harms	....	legal counsel: VIP
Alexander Sandy Jesion	....	chief financial officer
Sotos Katakos	....	paymaster
Spiri Katerelos	....	second assistant accountant
Jemma Kearney	....	assistant: Cate Blanchett
Nancy Klein	....	first assistant accountant
Gabriel Lavina	....	assistant: C. Vachon
Yana Collins Lehman	....	post-production accountant
Roman Martyn	....	location manager
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach: Ms. Blanchett
Helene Muller	....	production coordinator
Samantha Porteous	....	assistant production coordinator
Tanya Smith	....	assistant: Todd Haynes
Berit Wetzel	....	legal counsel: VIP
Chel White	....	title effects supervisor

Thanks
Steve Gainer	....	special thanks
Jack Johnson	....	special thanks
Morgan Lebus	....	thanks
Tony Margherita	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Killer Films
• John Wells Productions
• John Goldwyn Productions
• Endgame Entertainment
• Film & Entertainment VIP Medienfonds 4 GmbH & Co. KG (I)
• Grey Water Park Productions
• Rising Star
• Wells Productions

Distributors

• BIM Distribuzione (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Barbar Film (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Granite Rock Films (2007) (Albania) (DVD)
• Palace Pictures (2008) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Intrigue

Other Companies

• Cinetic Media  sales agency
• Columbia Records  soundtrack
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Muse Entertainment Enterprises  production services
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• Wildfire Studios  ADR recording facility
• Wildfire Studios  editorial facilities
• Wildfire Studios  sound post-production

Also Known As:

I'm Not There (Germany) (USA) (poster title)
I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and nudity.

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Canada:14A | USA:R | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Sweden:7 | Brazil:12 | Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Brigham, Québec, Canada

Company:

Killer Films

Trivia:

Cate Blanchett wore a sock down her trousers to play Bob Dylan. The actress said it "helped me walk like a man."

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the sequence when Robbie and Claire buy the motorcycle, Robbie gets out of the car to sit on the motorcycle and even though he locks the car, he leaves the headlights on.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: There he lies. God rest his soul, and his rudeness. A devouring public can now share the remains of his sickness, and his phone numbers. There he lay: poet, prophet, outlaw, fake, star of electricity. Nailed by a peeping tom, who would soon discover...
Jude: A poem is like a naked person...
Narrator: - even the ghost was more than one person.
Arthur: ...but a song is something that walks by itself.

Movie Connections:

References Dont Look Back (1967)

Soundtrack:

Cold Irons Bound

Incredible Film

I just returned from viewing this film at the New York film festival, and I must say it potentially Haynes' best film to date. By abstracting from a conventional biopic, the film captures the essence of Dylan. The different actors that play Dylan chronicle the metamorphosis of an icon. With an astounding ensemble the performances are flawless. Cate Blanchett in particular, is uncanny as Dylan at the peak of his stardom, in all likelihood securing a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. Technically the editing is seamless and Haynes is successfully able to integrate a multitude of styles. In emulating Dylan, the film itself is structured much like a poem. Haynes strings together fact and fiction, the real and surreal and the self and society into a magnificent fabric that illustrates the identity of one of the greatest American icons.