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RENALDO AND CLARA: a film by Bob Dylan

D003.JTT

Transferred from an unplayed VHS Tape by JTT, February 2008

At the time of the broadcast I recorded the film on two seperate recorders, the other

copy has been used for playback over the years. Neither copy has ever been traded,

transferred or copied until now.

PAL 4x3 mono, 2 Discs with Menu & Chapters

SOURCE: Channel 4 (UK) Television Broadcast > Panasonic VHS Recorder (Fuji E240 HG) >

Panasonic NV-F65 (Playback) > Panasonic DMR-EH50 (RAM Disc SP mode) > TMPG MPEG Editor 2 >

TMPG DVD Author 3 > Video TS

Video: MPEG-2, 720x576, 25fps, VBR (Constant Quality), Maximum 9600Kb/s

Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000Hz, Mono, 256kbps

RENALDO AND CLARA

directed and written by Bob Dylan

edited by Bob Dylan and Howard Alk

photography by David Myers, Paul Goldsmith, Howard Alk and Michael Levine

music by Bob Dylan, Ronee Blakley, Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy

Allen Ginsberg and others

Renaldo . . . . . Bob Dylan

Clara . . . . . Sara Dylan

The Woman In White . . . . . Joan Baez

Bob Dylan . . . . . Ronnie Hawkins

Mrs. Dylan . . . . . Ronee Blakley

Longheno de Castro . . . . . Jack Elliott

Lafkezio . . . . . Harry Dean Stanton

The Masked Tortilla . . . . . Bob Neuwirth

Helena . . . . . Helena Kallianiotes

The Father . . . . . Allen Ginsberg

David Blue . . . . . David Blue

Roger McGuinn . . . . . Roger McGuinn

Security Guard . . . . . Mick Ronson

Sister of Mercy . . . . . Anne Waldman

Running Time: 232 mins (TV Running Time: 226 mins)

Review Summary:

Bob Dylan made this concert film that chronicles a 1975/1976 performance of his

Rolling Thunder Revue. In between songs he, his wife Sara Dylan, along with Joan Baez,

Allen Ginsberg, and other counterculture figures perform philosophically based

improvisational pieces. During the skits, Dylan plays the ambiguous Renaldo, while

Ronnie Hawkins and Ronee Blakely play Dylan and his wife. Songs include "Isis,

I Want You," "It Ain't Me Babe," "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," "Hurricane,"

"Romance in Durango," "One Too Many Mornings," "One More Cup of Coffee," "Sara,"

"Patty's Gone to Laredo," "Just Like a Woman," "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall,"

"Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowland," "When I Paint My Masterpiece," (Bob Dylan),

"Chestnut Mare" (Roger McGuinn), "Diamonds and Rust" (Joan Baez), "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen),

"Need a New Sun Rising" (Ronee Blakely), "Salt Pork West Virginia" (Jack Elliott),

"Kaddish" (Allen Ginsberg), "Cucurrucucu Paloma" (Tomas Mendez), and

"Time of the Preacher" (Willie Nelson).