Filmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour – featuring appearances and performances by Ronee Blakley, T-Bone Burnett, Jack Elliott, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Hawkins, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, Arlen Roth, Phil Ochs, Sam Shepard, and Harry Dean Stanton – the film incorporates three distinct film genres: concert footage, documentary interviews, and dramatic fictional vignettes reflective of Dylan's song lyrics and life.

Genres

Cast

Bob Dylan

Renaldo

Joan Baez

The Woman in White

Ronnie Hawkins

Bob Dylan

Ronee Blakley

Mrs. Dylan

Jack Elliott

Longheno de Castro

Harry Dean Stanton

Lafkezio

Bob Neuwirth

The Masked Tortilla

Helena Kallianiotes

Helena

Allen Ginsberg

The Father

Roger McGuinn

Roger

Mick Ronson

Security

Anne Waldman

Sister of Mercy