Gotham Awards To Honor Timothée Chalamet & James Mangold For ‘A Complete Unknown’
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will be honored with a Visionary Tribute at the upcoming Gotham Awards for their work on A Complete Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic from Searchlight Pictures — a distinction recognizing “groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of storytelling in film.”
“In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold have beautifully captured Dylan’s emergence in 1960s New York not just as an artistic evolution, but as a meditation on the necessity of change,” said Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of event’s parent org The Gotham Film & Media Institute.
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“Through Chalamet’s breathtakingly authentic performance and Mangold’s masterful direction, we witness Dylan’s transformation from folk prophet to electric rebel, showing how growth often requires letting go of the very relationships and identities that shaped us. Together, they have created a work that will not only resonate with longtime Dylan admirers but also introduce his revolutionary artistry to a new generation. We’re thrilled to honor them with this year’s Visionary Tribute and look forward to recognizing their outstanding contributions to film.”
A Complete Unknown is set in New York in the early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement and, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial choice that culturally reverberates worldwide. Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in Mangold’s latest feature.
Searchlight will release the film on December 25.
Production took place in New York City and New Jersey in the spring of 2024.
The cast also includes Edward Norton, Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro. It’s written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, produced by Range’s Fred Berger, Mangold via his Turnpike Films, The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman, Veritas Entertainment Group’s Bob Bookman, Peter Jaysen and Alan Gasmer, Bob Dylan’s longtime representative Jeff Rosen, along with Chalamet.
The Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated actor has worked with Luca Guadagnino, Greta Gerwig, Denis Villeneuve, Adam McKay, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan. He was the youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee since 1939 for Call Me by Your Name and has starred in five Best Picture noms in Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, Little Women, Dune and Don’t Look Up. Last year, Chalamet broke a nearly half-century record by starring in two of the highest-grossing movies within eight months generating over $1.2 billion at the box office. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two grossed over $700 million and the film musical Wonka, directed Paul King, surpassed $600 million. Chalamet is currently filming Marty Supreme for director Josh Safdie in New York.
Oscar-nominated writer-director Mangold is know for a diverse body of work including Heavy, Cop Land, Girl Interrupted, 3:10 to Yuma, Logan and Ford v Ferrari. With A Complete Unknown, he returns to the musical biopic for the first time since the Oscar-winning Walk the Line. His films have been recognized with Academy Awards, Golden Globes, SAG, BAFTA, Sundance Film Festival and various guilds and critics nomination and wins.
The Gothams, which skew indie and announced nominations last month, are the kick-off to Awards season with the 34th edition set for December 2 in New York City.
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