| Eat the Document | |
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 Bootleg DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Bob Dylan |
| Starring | Bob Dylan Robbie Robertson Bob Neuwirth Johnny Cash John Lennon Rick Danko Richard Manuel Garth Hudson |
| Music by | Bob Dylan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Bob Dylan |
| Cinematography | D. A. Pennebaker |
| Editors | Bob Dylan Howard Alk D. A. Pennebaker (additional editing) |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Production company | ABC Television |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1972 |
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Eat the Document is a documentary of Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of parts of Europe 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. The film was originally commissioned for the ABC television series ABC Stage 67.
Though shooting had completed for the film, Dylan's July 1966 motorcycle accident delayed the editing process. Once well enough to work again, Dylan edited the film himself. ABC rejected the film as incomprehensible for a mainstream audience.
It has never been released on home video and prints are rarely screened in theaters. Some footage filmed for Eat the Document was used in Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary on Bob Dylan, No Direction Home, and 3 song excerpts are special features on the DVD.