DONT LOOK BACK, by D. A. Pennebaker
DONT LOOK BACK is a 1967 American documentary film that covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour in England.
In 1998 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a 2014 Sight & Sound poll, film critics voted DONT LOOK BACK the joint ninth best documentary film of all time.
Below: Pennebaker Script.
"A script, or more accurately a transcript of D.A. Pennebaker's acclaimed Bob Dylan documentary film, DONT LOOK BACK. Pennebaker's filmed document of Dylan's 1965 UK tour is regarded one of -if not the- best music film ever made. After the film was finished, his company, Leacock-Pennebaker Inc., transcribed the film, creating this after-the-fact script, or as its described on the title page "A transcript of the film but not a replacement for it. In some instances songs have been written as sung not as published".
DONT LOOK BACK was first shown at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco on May 17, 1967.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE music critic Ralph J. Gleason, an early and important Dylan supporter reviewed the film, and this transcript comes from his archive.
The folder, as sent to Gleason, contains an original typed transcript of the film, and a photocopied revised and edited transcript. The thick paper folio has a sticker on the outside stamped "Don't Look Back: Not For Publication. For Review Purposes Only". This transcript was published in 1968 with modifications and photographs by Ballentine Books". (recordmecca.com)
Subterranian (sic) Homesick Blues
1967 Promo flyer |
1967 Sticker |
UK, 1969, Birmingham, ticket for the movie.
Sweden, "Se dig inte om": 1968 DONT LOOK BACK film programme. Printed in 1968 by Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr. in Stockholm, the programme consists of one oblong sheet folded into six pages. Folded, it measures 24 x 18 cm. Text in both Swedish and English, with illustrations from the movie.
1986, videocassette handbill
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same, back, with instructions and ideas to retailers for the promotion of the item. |
In 2007, DONT LOOK BACK was published as a DVD box set, "1965 Tour DeLuxe edition":
Canada, promo flyer, 4 pages, 18 x 27 cm Collection Hanns-Peter Bushoff |
France, 2007 media plan
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same, back
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France, 2007 media plan for retailers |
same, back
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France, poster, unknown year. "The movie censured by Dylan himself!"
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Holland, Groningen. Flyer advertising the projection of the movie on 15 April 2007 in Vera, the 'Club for the International Pop Underground' |
Japan, 1983
2-Sided promotional
flyer for one of the Dont Look Back VHS video (catalogue number
Pack-In-Video RVM-1)
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Japan, 2007
2-Sided Promo
only flyer for the Japanese 2DVD release Don't
Look Back with catalogue number Sony MHBP 95-96. Japanese release date for the 2DVD was 24 May 2007 |
Japan, 2016 promo flyer, front, 'BOB DYRAN (sic), THE 75th ANNIVERSARY'. Thank you to Manfred Endtner for this document.
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same, back
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USA, 2016, Film Forum flyer, New York City. Thank you to Manfred Endtner for this document. [1124]
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Japan, 2016 Chirashi (26 x 18cm mini poster)
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Japan, 2018 promo only flyer for the Dont Look Back cinema film on Tuesday 17 July at Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo, plus Zepp Namba, Osaka
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2000s Postcard, front
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same, back
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Movie promo photo Collection Alan Fraser
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Movie promo photo Collection Alan Fraser
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Movie promo photo Collection Alan Fraser
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Movie promo photo Collection Alan Fraser
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Movie promo photo Collection Alan Fraser
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Movie promo photo Thank you to Jürgen Wasser
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