Distributor Notes: Velvet Goldmine

Starring Ewan McGregor (MOULIN ROUGE, TRAINSPOTTING) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (THE GOVERNESS, MICHAEL COLLINS) -- executive producer Michael Stipe of R.E.M. presents this electrifying journey through rock 'n' roll's most outrageous era! It's been 10 years since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade (Meyers) faked his own death and vanished from the spotlight. Now, it's the job of an investigative reporter, Arthur Stuart, to locate this living legend and uncover the truth behind his disappearance! Through the course of Stuart's investigation, you're taken for a wild, all-access guided tour back into a vibrant music scene ... for an uncompromising look at the flamboyance and excesses of its larger-than-life stars! Acclaimed by critics, VELVET GOLDMINE also earned an Award of Merit at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival!

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Ewan McGregor: Scottish actor, TRAINSPOTTING
Jonathan Rhys-Myers: 
Christian Bale: Welsh actor, BATMAN BEGINS
Toni Collette: Actress/"Spotswood"
Eddie Izzard: British comic
Emily Woof: 
Michael Feast: 

Todd Haynes: American Director/Editor

Christine Vachon: 

Todd Haynes: American Director/Editor

Carter Burwell: American composer, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

James Lyons: Actor/Editor

"...In re-creating an era as a gorgeous carnal dream, Haynes celebrates the art of the possible..."
"...Dazzlingly surreal....Blazing with exquisite yet abstract passions, and with quite a lot to look at on the side....Ewan McGregor makes a fabulously charismatic rock star..."
"...A fascinating reflection on the mythical power of music idols and the nature of memory, identity and nostalgia..."
"...Haynes' film brilliantly exposes the ideals of youth culture..."
"...[Haynes is] brilliantly audacious....An eccentric hybrid of pop opera and surreal essay....A ravishing rock dream..." -- Rating: B+
"...Fascinating....GOLDMINE dives headfirst into the era's overhyped perversity, and luxuriates in the pouty lips, taut bodies, and fabulous frippery of the glam demigods..."
"...VELVET GOLDMINE is a feverish dream of a movie, a riot of color and attitude that is all pop decadence, all night long..."
"[I]t revels in artifice, is touched by pretension, and dazzles with brilliance."