The movie's climax is Dylan's performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
The Newport Folk Festival was cofounded in 1959 by jazz promoter George Wein and music manager Albert Grossman.
Instead, the 1965 Newport Folk Festival is better known as the night Dyan went electric.
AdvertisementDylan's guitar from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was auctioned for nearly $1 million in 2013.
AdvertisementDylan refused to play at the Newport Folk Festival for another 37 years before he finally returned in 2002.
Persons:
Timothée Chalamet, Bob Dylan, Dylan, James Mangold's, Timothée, George Wein, Albert Grossman, Joan Baez, —, Baez, Pete Seeger, Dyan, Jeff Hochberg, Elijah Wald's, Seeger, Wald, Dylan wasn't, Bobby, Suze Rotolo, Woody Guthrie, Bob, Dylan didn't, beholden, Andrew Burton, Greenwich Village . Seeger, It's, he's, Johnny Cash, Stone, Alice Ochs, Michael Ochs, He'd, Lonnie, Lee
Organizations:
Newport Folk, FBI, Getty, Michael Ochs Archives, Manchester, Newport Folk Festival
Locations:
Vietnam, —, Newport, Greenwich Village, White Plains , New York, Manchester, England, C.P