# Velvet Goldmine (1998)

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**Runtime**: 123 min
**Genres**: Drama, Music
**Directed by**: Todd Haynes
**Written by**: Todd Haynes, James Lyons
**Starring**: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette, Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard, Emily Woof

> *Leave your expectations at the door*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A reporter digs up the leather-jacketed past of a vanished glam icon. Ten years after Brian Slade fakes his death mid-concert an ex-journo walks the underlit trail of glitter and betrayal. The movie’s soundtrack supplies the glitter, Bowie’s ghost supplies the glitter.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, sexy, surreal

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