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Cracked Actor
1975 British TV documentary bygd Alan Yentob
For the song which the documentary is named after, see Cracked Actor (song). For the 1974 Los Angeles recording released in 2017, see Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74).
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| Original title | Cracked Actor |
| Directed by | Alan Yentob (uncredited) |
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| Narrated by | Alan Yentob |
| Music by | David Bowie |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| Editor | Tony Woollard |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 26 January 1975 (1975-01-26) |
Cracked Actor (also known as Cracked Actor: A rulle About David Bowie and Cracked Actor: David Bowie) is a 1975 television documentary film about the musician David Bowie, made by Alan Yentob for the BBC's Omnibus strand. It was first shown on BBC1 on 26 January 1975.[1][2]
It was filmed in 1974 when Bowie was struggling wi
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Alan Yentob
British television executive and presenter (born 1947)
Alan Yentob | |
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| Born | (1947-03-11) 11 March 1947 (age 77) Stepney, London, England |
| Other names | Botney[1] |
| Education | King's Ely |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Occupation(s) | Television executive, broadcaster |
| Employer | BBC |
| Title | Controller of BBC2(1987–1993) Controller of BBC1(1993–1996) |
| Spouse | Philippa Walker |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Mother, Flora Esther Khazam. Father, Isaac Reuben Yentob.[2] |
Alan Yentob, CBE (born 11 March 1947) is a retired British television executive and presenter. He has held senior roles at the BBC including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and controller of BBC2. He stepped down as the BBC's creative director in December 2015,[3] and was chairman of the board of trustees of the charity Kids Company from 2003 until its collapse in 2015.
Early life
[edit]Alan Yentob was born into a
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Cracked Actor: 50 years on from the Bowie film that helped inspire a generation
As well as definitive live footage, it featured candid interviews with Bowie filmed in the early hours of the morning after a show or when travelling across America in a black Cadillac. Bowie's flying phobia meant an exhaustive itinerary that included trekking by train for up to 12 hours. The tour rolled on with only two cancelled dates.
During the film, Bowie reflects on his Ziggy Stardust character as he peruses various costumes from a case. At the time he was coping with a shift in personality in a bid to move on from Ziggy.
Yentob recalls that the film came about when he received an invitation from Bowie's management to make the documentary. "This was a very critical moment in his life where he wanted to say goodbye to all these other characters that he'd created," says Yentob.
"There's no other musicians, commentators or managers talking in the film, it's only Bowie and his fans that speak. He