Eat the Document


Eat the Document is a documentary of Bob Dylans 1966 tour of the United Kingdom with the Hawks. It was shot under Dylans direction by D. A. Pennebaker, whose groundbreaking documentary Dont Look Back sic chronicled Dylans 1965 British tour. The film was originally commissioned for the ABC television series ABC Stage 67.

Eat the Document includes footage from the infamous Manchester Free Trade Hall concert, wherein an audience member shouted Judas during the electric half of Dylans set. Dylans band during these shows were The Hawks later to become The Band. Songs from various shows throughout the tour featured in the film include Tell Me, Momma, I Dont Believe You She Acts Like We Never Have Met, Ballad of a Thin Man, and One Too Many Mornings.Other scenes include Dylan and Robbie Robertson in hotel rooms writing and working through new songs, most of which remain unreleased and unpublished. Among these songs are I Cant Leave Her Behind, which was later covered by Stephen Malkmus for the Im Not There soundtrack. ........

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