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 Release Date: November 6th 1998 Genre: Drama, Music Rated: R Runtime: 124 min Filmed in: London and Manchester, England. The title "Velvet Goldmine" was taken form a bonus song from the album "The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972) by David Bowie. It was originally going to be titled "Glitter Kids". Todd Haynes wanted to use David Bowie songs and make a sort of biography but Bowie refused to give permission as he planned to make a movie himself about the Ziggy Stardust era. The name "Maxwell Demon", Brian Slade's space-age rock persona was originally the name of a band Brian Eno was in during the 60s and the name of the band "The Venus In Furs" was inspired by a Lou Reed song. See lyrics. The structure of the film is the same as "Citizen Kane" (1941) by Orson Welles. Some of the songs in the movie were actually performed by the actors Ewan McGregor and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. See details. At the beginning of the movie a young Oscar Wilde claims that he wants to be a pop idol. This was originally said by David Bowie. When Mandy first meets Brian, he says to her "Do you jive?". This is supposed to be the first thing David Bowie said to Angela Bowie, his wife during the 70s. The scene where Curt and Brian are found sleeping together is based in what Angela Bowie said about his husband and Mick Jagger being found by her in bed. Todd Haynes wanted Jarvis Cocker from Pulp to play Jack Fairy's character. Many of the frases used in the movie were taken from Oscar Wilde works. Mainly from "The Picture of Dorian Gray". See details. Awards Velvet Goldmine won: 1998: Best Artistic Contribution (Todd Haynes) Cannes Film Festival Channel 4 Director's Award(Todd Haynes) Edinburgh International Film Festival 1999: BAFTA Film AwardBest Costume Design (Sandy Powell) Independent Spirit AwardBest Cinematography (Maryse Alberti) Awards Velvet Goldmine was nominated for but did not win: 1998: Golden Palm (Todd Haynes) Cannes Film Festival 1999: OscarBest Costume Design (Sandy Powell) Academy Awards, USA BAFTA Film AwardBest Make Up/Hair (Peter King) BAFTA Awards GLAAD Media AwardOutstanding Film (Limited Release) GLAAD Media Awards Independent Spirit AwardBest Director (Todd Haynes) Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit AwardBest Feature (Christine Vachon) Independent Spirit Awards ALFS AwardBritish Newcomer of the Year Jonathan Rhys-Meyers London Critics Circle Film Awards Golden Reel AwardBest Sound Editing - Music - Musical Feature (Foreign & Domestic) (Annette Kudrak) [music editor] & (Todd Kasow) [scoring editor] Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA |
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