A raucous and intimate road movie of Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, DON'T LOOK BACK may be the most influential rock star documentary of all time. D.A. Pennebaker's trademark cinema verité approach, with its comprehensive perspective, captures the paradoxical Dylan in alternating moments of confrontational belligerence and contemplative repose, all within the framework of the pop culture hurricane of one of the most publicized concert tours of the mid-1960s. Mobbed by frenzied fans and stalked by confounded journalists and music critics unable to penetrate his carefully evasive yet antagonistic persona, Dylan takes refuge with Joan Baez, his folk contemporary, and Albert Grossman, his juggernaut manager. As the tour progresses, a pattern emerges from Dylan's modes of expression, offering a glimpse of what would come to be a constant in his career: his perpetual redefinition of himself. Displaying the enigmatic performer's roles as both folk artist heir apparent to the Woody Guthrie throne and electric guitar rock pioneer who turned the Beatles on to pot, DON'T LOOK BACK preserves not only Dylan's musical genius but his inimitable, vital, and profound defiance of definition.

The rock and roll documentary that launched a thousand imitations, D.A. Pennebaker's loose shooting style and focused interviewing paved the way for films of this nature; it details Dylan's celebrated 1965 tour of England and features appearances by Joan Baez and Dylan's manager Albert Grossman. The film also includes one-of-a-kind performances of "The Times, They Are a Changin'," "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

Theatrical release: 1967

DON'T LOOK BACK was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1998.

The "Subterranean Homesick Blues" cue-card scene was conceived by Bob Dylan; it was later copied in a music video by INXS.

DVD Features:

2-Disc Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentaries - D.A. Pennebaker - Director; Bob Neuwirth - Road Manager
Alternate Scene - "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Cue Card Sequence
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - Cast and Crew
Discography - Bob Dylan
Filmography - D.A. Pennebaker
Additional Product:
DONT LOOK BACK Companion Book - 168 Page Collectible Reproduction of 1968 Edition

Bob Dylan: Folksinger/Songwriter
Joan Baez: American Singer/Songwriter
Albert Grossman: Music artist manager

D.A. Pennebaker: Director, Director of Photography, Musical Documentarian

Albert Grossman: Music artist manager
John Court: Producer "Don't Look Back"

D.A. Pennebaker: Director, Director of Photography, Musical Documentarian

"...A time capsule..."
"Bob Dylan on the road in England, 1965...all hostile glamour and wired rock & roll charisma..."
"[Dylan's] restlessness to move beyond his folk troubadour phase is responsible for much of this film's crackling musical tension."
5 stars out of 5 -- "Watching it now is to see pop culture being born. It was Pennebaker's good fortune to be in the room at a moment of great significance."
"[S]hot in black and white, with Dylan frequently in black moods and nearly always exhibiting white-hot creative power....[The documentary] remains a mesmerizing document." -- Grade: B
"Unflinchingly real where other 1960s rock films dealt in fantasy, DON'T LOOK BACK is about more than music....The most objective portrait of Bob Dylan we've ever had..."