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BBFC RatingZiggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture

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Certificate12A
Year1973
GenreDocumentary, Music
Director(s)D.A. Pennebaker
LanguageEnglish
CountryUK
Running Time1HR 42MINS
SeasonMain Programme

July 3, 1973 - David Bowie retired Ziggy Stardust, his most celebrated alter-ego, in front of 5000 disbelieving fans onstage at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture is digitally restored (now in 4K and with 5.1 sound) with never-before-seen footage. This full, uncut version of D.A. Pennebaker’s film includes a performance by late guitarist Jeff Beck.

Bowie’s decision to retire Ziggy, the character that had made him a star, and split his band, The Spiders From Mars, secured his future, allowing him to become the restless, inquisitive and shape-shifting artist that we know him to be. That one moment also changed popular culture, unleashing a set of artistic and ideological freedoms that are still being enjoyed by musicians and the wider creative community today.


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