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| Original title | Cracked Actor |
| Directed by | Alan Yentob (uncredited) |
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| Narrated by | Alan Yentob |
| Music by | David Bowie |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| Editor | Tony Woollard |
| Running time | 60 min. |
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| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 26 January 1975 |
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Cracked Actor (also known as Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie and Cracked Actor: David Bowie) is a 1975 television documentary film about the musician David Bowie, made by Alan Yentob for the BBC's Omnibus strand. It was first shown on BBC1 on 26 January 1975.[1][2][3]
It was filmed in 1974 when Bowie was struggling with cocaine addiction, and the documentary has become notable for showing his mental state during this period.
- ^ "Cracked Actor". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Omnibus: Cracked Actor – BBC One London – 26 January 1975". BBC Genome. BBC. 26 January 1975. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ Pegg 2016, p. 640.