The actor stars as a young Bob Dylan, who woos folk followers only to betray them later at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold tells IndieWire about recording songs live, working with Timothee Chalament, more for his Bob Dylan biopic.

Costume designer Arianne Phillips outfitted Timothée Chalamet as the legendary Bob Dylan for the film “A Complete Unknown,” which charts the musician’s meteoric rise in the early 1960s.

James Mangold is entering the awards race at the perfect time with A Complete Unknown. The biopic, which follows the early stages of Bob Dylan's career, has

Our pop music critic writes about the James Mangold's Dylan biopic filmed in Cape May and elsewhere in New Jersey.

The filmmaker first tackled the life of Johnny Cash in 2005's Walk the Line, which garnered tons of acclaim, including an Oscar win for Reese Witherspoon and a nomination for Joaquin Phoenix. Now, Mangold returns to Cash in A Complete Unknown, another musical biopic, this time centered on the rise of a young Bob Dylan ( Timothée Chalamet ).

He respects the reclusive legacy of Bob Dylan while also delivering on one heck of a show that will perhaps inspire a newfound interest in the folk genre and how Dylan came in “like a rolling stone” to shake the whole scene up by going electric.

The new Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” hits movie theaters on Christmas Day. It’s already considered a leading contender to land Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor, with Timothée Chalamet winning raves for his performance as a young Bob Dylan.

Timothée Chalamet is stunning as Bob Dylan in James Mangold's film 'A Complete Unknown.' Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro are also great.

Minor spoilers ahead. Depending how you see it, Bob Dylan — the 1960s folk singer who became the voice of a generation — was either an artistic genius or an arrogant, self-involved jerk. The latter is the conclusion fellow folk singer Joan Baez seemingly comes to in James Mangold’s latest film A Complete Unknown,

Dylan, a Nobel Prize winning poet, songwriter and performer, also ranks among the most enigmatic. Mangold chronicles Dylan’s Greenwich Village roots, performing in basement coffee houses, recording, forming a romantic and professional partnership with folk singer activist Joan Baez.