Eat the Document
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| Directed by | Bob Dylan |
| Produced by | Bob Dylan |
| Starring | Bob Dylan Robbie Robertson Bob Neuwirth Johnny Cash John Lennon Rick Danko Richard Manuel Garth Hudson |
| Music by | Bob Dylan |
| Cinematography | D. A. Pennebaker |
| Edited by | Bob Dylan Howard Alk D. A. Pennebaker (additional editing) |
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| Distributed by | Pennebaker Associates |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Eat the Document is a documentary of Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of the United Kingdom with the Hawks. It was shot under Dylan's direction by D. A. Pennebaker, whose groundbreaking documentary Dont Look Back [sic] chronicled Dylan's 1965 British tour. The film was originally commissioned for the ABC television series ABC Stage 67.
Though shooting had completed for the film, Dylan's July 1966 motorcycle accident delayed the editing process. Once well enough to work again, Dylan edited the film himself. ABC rejected the film as incomprehensible for a mainstream audience.
It has never been released on home video and prints are rarely screened in theaters. Some footage from Eat the Document was used in Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary on Bob Dylan, No Direction Home and 3 song excerpts are Special Features on the DVD.
Eat the Document includes footage from the infamous Manchester Free Trade Hall concert, wherein an audience member shouted "Judas!" during the electric half of Dylan's set. Dylan's band during these shows were The Hawks (later to become The Band). Songs from various shows throughout the tour featured in the film include "Tell Me, Momma", "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)", "Ballad of a Thin Man", and "One Too Many Mornings."
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