Masked and anonymous is a 2003 americanbritish drama film directed by larry charles. A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest is looking forward to a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive concert promoter uncle sweetheart john goodman, who plans on raking in huge sums of money for. Taken literally, masked and anonymous proves bewildering, even exasperating, but as a feverish act of unrestrained political satire the film has a lot to offer. Would you reach out your hand to save a drowning man if you thought he might pull you in amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert. A musician bob dylan gets out of jail to perform in a benefit. Watch masked and anonymous online stream full movie directv. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing masked and anonymous near you. The film masked and anonymouswhich first appeared in 2003 and has just been reissued on blurayboasts a list of credits that would make most any movie fan sit up and take notice. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Masked and anonymous a traveling troubadour named jack fate bob dylan is sprung from jail by his former manager, uncle sweetheart john goodman, and his partner, nina veronica jessica lange, to headline a benefit concert with unprecedented expectations. Another movie that not many people seem to have heard of or seen.
The movie has snatches of plot, characters, and motivations. Jul 24, 2003 masked and anonymous synopsis favorite theater button overview. Masked and anonymous 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bob dylan and jessica lange during the sundance film festival, masked and anonymous party. A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest is looking forward to a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive concert promoter uncle sweetheart john goodman, who plans on raking in huge sums of money for himself from the event. Aug 15, 2003 when masked and anonymous premiered at sundance 2003, there was a standing ovation when the poet entered the room. People continued to stand during the film, in order to leave, and the auditorium was half empty when. Masked and anonymous edmund speech long mickey rourke. To conclude, masked and anonymous is a movie of many levels, perhaps the cinema equavilant of all along the watchtower.
Masked and anonymous 2003 stream and watch online moviefone. Masked and anonymous is a manic film about the death agonies of one america and a chilling prophecy about the birth of a new one. Jun 25, 2010 making babies official trailer 2019 eliza coupe comedy movie hd duration. Watch masked and anonymous movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Released 2003, masked and anonymous stars bob dylan, jeff bridges, penelope cruz, john goodman the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 52 min, and received a score of 32 out of 100 on. The mask you see worn at anonymous protests is called a guy fawkes mask, so named for a seventeenthcentury briton who infamously attempted to bomb the house of lords. Masked and anonymous is a wild ride of a movie and to appreciate it its probably a good idea to try and put any preconceived notions about what a film is or should be aside. The film was written by larry charles and bob dylan, the latter under.
Masked and anonymous quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Available on itunes music legend and academy award winner bob dylan best song, wonder boys, 2000 accompanied by academy award winner jessica lange best actress in a leading role, blue sky, 1994, penelope cruz vanilla sky, jeff bridges seabiscuit, john goodman o brother, where art thou. Throughout his career, bob dylan has delighted in confounding expectations and reveled in being cryptic, but few projects have been as deeply confounding and cryptic as his 2003 film, masked and anonymous, where he stars as rock legend jack fate, who has been jailed in a postapocalyptic, mythological thirdworld america the words of the films director, larry charles. Movie centers on the adult son of a baseball legend who, together with his girlfriend, embarks on a road trip with his estranged father. At the same time where dylans other excursions into. Throughout his career, bob dylan has delighted in confounding expectations and reveled in being cryptic, but few projects have been as deeply confounding and cryptic as his 2003 film, masked and anonymous, where he stars as rock legend jack fate, who has been jailed in a postapocalyptic, mythological thirdworld america the words of the films director, larry charles in the throes of a. Making babies official trailer 2019 eliza coupe comedy movie hd duration. What we got with masked and anonymous was a rock vanity project about an aging rock star making sense of a slowly decaying geopolitical landscape. Not coincidentally, dylan is a cowriter and star of this 2003 film, playing an enigmatic folkrocker named jack fate, a political prisoner in an unnamed, civil wartorn. A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest is looking forward to a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive concert. A low budget one week wonder shot by the bbc with a charitable cast that.
Masked and anonymous, dylans elegy for a lost america by david vest bob dylans new film, masked and anonymous, has met with almost universal condemnation or worse, condescension from. The plot was an attempt to blow up the house of lords in london on 5 november 1605, in order to restore a catholic head of state. Masked and anonymous not coincidentally, dylan is a cowriter and star of this 2003 film, playing an enigmatic folkrocker named jack fate, a political prisoner in an unnamed, civil wartorn country. Watch masked and anonymous online stream full movie. Dylan only takes the lead on four of the 14 soundtrack cuts. With bob dylan, john goodman, jessica lange, jeff bridges. Cobbling together a script from loose notes and securing complete funding from the bbc, dylan and charles made a movie fast. Various masked and anonymous music from the motion picture. Larry charles is most famous for his work on curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld, and the film borat. Music legend and academy award winner bob dylan best song, wonder boys, 2000 accompanied by academy award winner jessica lange best actress in a leading role, blue sky, 1994, penelope cruz vanilla sky, jeff bridges seabiscuit, john goodman o brother, where art thou. The use of a mask on an effigy has long roots as part of guy fawkes night celebrates thanksgiving weekend amp a week or a in. Bob dylan idolatry is one of the enduring secular religions of our day.
Masked and anonymous dvd, 2004 for sale online ebay. Would you reach out your hand to save a drowning man if you thought he might pull you in amidst unrest, organizers put on a. Masked and anonymous movie trailer and videos tv guide. Film noir involving indian casinos, excons seeking redemption, fbi agents and ruthless family of gangsters. The guy fawkes mask is a stylised depiction of guy fawkes, the bestknown member of the gunpowder plot. If youre tired of the same old blockbuster formula and not afraid to think, this movie is perfect. Set somewhere, sometime, in an america wracked by an endless and senseless civil war, this is the story of a benefit concert and a musician named jack fate dyl.
Those who worship him are inexhaustible in their fervor, and every. M usically, theres not a wrong note in masked and anonymous bob dylan picks and sings a mean dixie. Bloated by selfregard, masked and anonymous is the essence of the selfaggrandizing benefit concerts it weakly parodies. The film was written by larry charles and bob dylan, the latter under the pseudonym sergei petrov. Uncle sweetheart john goodman is indebted to a group of revolutionary hoodlums and has sold the local government television station on the idea of a benefit concert to bring finances to the reigning regime. M usically, theres not a wrong note in masked and anonymous bob dylan picks and sings a. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. But look closer at the name of this movie about revolution and despair, and youll. Masked and anonymous is like a shadow play of one of dylans more apocalyptic song visions or the narrative fragments of tarantula. Several more are performed in the film by dylan as fate and.
Masked and anonymous, dylans elegy for a lost america. The cast includes such household names as jeff bridges, jessica lange, john goodman, penelope cruz, angela bassett, bruce dern, mickey rourke, ed harris, and. Available on itunes music legend and academy award winner bob dylan best song, wonder boys, 2000 accompanied by. The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. Jul 03, 2006 what marine recruits go through in boot camp earning the title making marines on parris island duration. Bordering on a metaphorical biopic of my hero bob dyaln jack fate and hovering above the apocalyptic backdrop of a war torn supposedly third world country, masked and anonymous analyses the true nature of human behaviour. Almost 20 years later, the film feels every bit of a rush job. Set free to headline a benefit concert organized by an unscrupulous promoter john goodman and television executive jessica lange, jack embarks. A singer, whose career has gone on a downward spiral, is forced to make a comeback to the performance stage for a benefit concert.
Jul 23, 2003 masked and anonymous could be considered the cinematic equivalent of a bob dylan song. Not coincidentally, dylan is a cowriter and star of this 2003 film, playing an enigmatic folkrocker named jack fate, a political prisoner in an unnamed, civil wartorn country. Masked and anonymous is a 2003 drama film directed by larry charles. Set somewhere, sometime, in an unnamed country, torn by civil war with unclear battle lines or ideology, masked and anonymous te. The cast includes such household names as jeff bridges, jessica lange, john goodman, penelope cruz, angela bassett, bruce dern, mickey rourke, ed harris, andin the starring rolebob dylan. Nov 25, 2019 masked and anonymous is a movie about the dispossessed and disoriented.
Headlining is jack fate bob dylan, a legendary musician serving time in prison, who is released with sweethearts help. In 2003, bob dylan starred in masked and anonymous which was directed and cowritten by larry charles. Starring mickey rourke, jeff bridges, bob dylan, ed harris, luke wilson. In masked and anonymous, civil war has decimated an unnamed country. Originally the film was pitched as a slapstick television show starring dylan to hbo, but then dylan decided to retool the script again. A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest is looking forward to a giant. Masked and anonymous on dvd february 17, 2004 starring bob dylan, john goodman, jessica lange, luke wilson. Granted, the movie does convey some of his cockeyed sense of humor, and its hardly the first time hes been associated with gnomic writing thats peppered with an occasional non sequitur. People continued to stand during the film, in order to leave, and the auditorium was half empty when the closing credits played to thoughtful silence. It stars dylan alongside a starheavy cast, including john goodman, jeff bridges, penelope cruz, val kilmer, mickey rourke, jessica lange, luke wilson, angela bassett, bruce.
Feb 17, 2015 the mask you see worn at anonymous protests is called a guy fawkes mask, so named for a seventeenthcentury briton who infamously attempted to bomb the house of lords. If scorceses film made robbie robertson out as a guitar hero and bandleader he wasnt. The great neglected movie of 2003, a rambunctious, provocative, genre. Masked and anonymous is a movie about the dispossessed and disoriented. Masked and anonymous is a mesmerizing experiment in surreal drama with lyrical content, a cinematic approximation of an epic bob dylan song on the order of desolation row. What marine recruits go through in boot camp earning the title making marines on parris island duration. Everything you need to know about masked and anonymous movie. But their appeal is inseparable from the way they deal with all kinds of slippery things with shifting personalities, with disguise, with the changes time brings, and with costume. I understand cinephile criticism, but dont see movie through their lens. The dying america is the one that, briefly, made bob dylan famous and now aging embittered men and women of that era try to do what they once thought would make the world better. Masked and anonymous could be considered the cinematic equivalent of a bob dylan song. The film also stars john goodman, jessica lange, jeff bridges, mickey rourke, luke wilson, penelope cruz, angela basette, giovanni ribisi, val kilmer, cheech.