I'm Not There

The legend lives on! Todd Haynes portrays Bob Dylan in all his facets: musician, storyteller, luminary, diva, visionary. Six high-profile stars - including Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, and even a woman, Cate Blanchett - take on the role of the eccentric star, depicting him in the various phases and stages of his tumultuous life.

Bob Dylan, the vibrant icon of folk, rock, and pop, appears six times in "I'm Not There." As an 11-year-old singer-songwriter (Marcus Carl Franklin), he travels the country in the late 1950s like the legendary black blues musicians of the past. At 19, he is a sharp-tongued poet (Ben Whishaw), and shortly after, a successful folk troubadour (Christian Bale) in the bustling Greenwich Village of the early 60s. Barely celebrated as the voice of a new generation, he reinvents himself as a bandleader (Cate Blanchett) and shocks his fans with electrified rock. He succeeds as an actor (Heath Ledger), fails as a family man, fades into obscurity as a Christian preacher - and resurfaces in the backwoods of Missouri: as an aging outlaw (Richard Gere) who sets out on one last journey….