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Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2004)

"Velvet Goldmine" is a journey through Rock 'N'Roll's most outrageous era! It's a elegant mixture of fiction and facts. The film is starring Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Moulin Rogue), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Michael Collins etc.) & Christian Bale (American Psycho etc.) among many others talented people. During the movie there's lots of Glam-rock as Iggy Pop, T REX, and Steve Harley & Cockney rebel to name a few of them. The plot is that 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 investigating reporter, Arthur Stuart (Bale), to locate the living legend and uncover the truth behind his disappearance! "Velvet Goldmine" (which originally is a Bowie song) earned an Award of Merit at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. As music used in the movie is "Sebastian" and other's from Steve Harley, an electrifying version of Iggy's "Gimme Danger" performed by Ewan Mcgregor and lot's of more from perhaps the most thrilling part of the Rock-history so far. (included Punk, New Wave, Grunge etc) Watch this movie !!!
(Freelance-journalist Kristian Soltvedt)