Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert

Australia and United States of America, 1986

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Admired as one of the best lyricists of pop rock, Bob Dylan has his name recorded in music history. During his four decades career, he has been through many facets: from acoustic to electric guitar; from politicized to religious lyrics; from minimalist to very highly sophisticated arrangements. And his characteristic voice, for some, hoarse and full of style, for others a little out of tune, still influences many musicians. In this presentation filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia over February 24-25 1986, Dylan is accompanied by Tom Petty and the band The Heartbreakers, as well as a very fine selection of new compositions. To close the spectacle, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty perform a vocal duet in “Knockin’ on heaven’s door”, one of the most famous songs of this compositor.

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Credits

director

Gillian Armstrong

production company

HBO

Wolfboy Productions

Duration

01:00:00

Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-185955

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Music

TMDB-Movie

185955

Wikidata

Q121713282

Collected

100 times

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