Eat the Document
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Eat the Document is a rarely exhibited documentary of Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of Britain with the Hawks. It was shot under Dylan's direction by D. A. Pennebaker, whose groundbreaking documentary Dont Look Back chronicled Dylan's 1965 British tour. It was originally commissioned for the ABC television series Stage '66. Dylan himself, together with his longtime associate Howard Alk,and Robbie Robertson of The Band, edited Eat the Document.
The film has its high moments, including excellent concert footage and exquisite renderings of some of Dylan's greatest songs of the period. It was never given a general theatrical release or made commercially available on any form of home video, but unauthorized copies circulate among Dylan collectors. A lengthy outtake featuring a drug-impaired Dylan in a taxi with John Lennon also circulates among collectors.
The highlights of the film include an interview with the Manchester Free Trade Hall concert-goer who shouted "Judas!" during the second, electric half of the set; the performances with the Hawks; the scenes of Dylan and Robertson in hotel rooms throughout England playing otherwise-unreleased songs; and a piano duet with Johnny Cash.
Some of the concert footage made for Eat the Document - including the aforementioned "Judas" incident - was used in Martin Scorsese's recent documentary on Dylan, No Direction Home.
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Eat the Document is also a novel by Dana Spiotta which was nominated for the National Book Award in 2006.
