Velvet Goldmine
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Release Date
8/28/1998Runtime
123 minsOverview
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$9,000,000Revenue
$4,300,000Homepage
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A kaleidoscopic mystery wrapped in glam-rock glamour and queer desire, where the search for truth about a fallen idol becomes a love letter to the transformative power of music and reinvention. Hallucinatory and intoxicating, it moves between past and present with dreamlike fluidity, prioritizing emotional truth over factual clarity.
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Ewan McGregor
Curt Wild
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Brian Slade
Toni Collette
Mandy Slade
Christian Bale
Arthur Stuart
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Jerry Devine
Emily Woof
Shannon
Michael Feast
Cecil
Janet McTeer
Female Narrator (voice)
Mairead McKinley
Wilde Housemaid
Luke Morgan Oliver
Oscar Wilde (8)
Osheen Jones
Jack Fairy (7)
Micko Westmoreland
Jack Fairy
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