Eat the Document (1972)
Bob Dylan in '66
54 min
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 chronicled Dylan's 1965 British tour. The film was originally commissioned for the ABC television series Stage '66. 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.
- Release date
- November 30, 1972
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Bob Dylan as Self
- Richard Manuel as Self
- Robbie Robertson as Self
- Rick Danko as Self
- Garth Hudson as Self
- John Lennon as Self
- Johnny Cash as Self
- Richard Alderson as Self
- Albert Grossman as Self
- Mickey Jones as Self
Crew
- Bob Dylan · Director
- Howard Alk · Cinematographer
- Howard Alk · Editor
- Bob Dylan · Editor