Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan

Born: September 30, 1947
Died: September 16, 1977
in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Marc Bolan, born Mark Feld, was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer of the glam rock band T. Rex.

Movies for Marc Bolan...

Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Title: Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 14, 2023
Type: Movie
A musical documentary celebrating the life and work of glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan, combined with a behind-the-scenes look at the tribute album of the same name.
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Title: This Is Pop
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 6, 2021
Type: TV
Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music you never knew existed.
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The Making of Marc Bolan
Title: The Making of Marc Bolan
Character: Archival footage
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
On the 40th anniversary of his death, this documentary tells the story of how East End boy Mark Feld became T-Rex frontman and icon Marc Bolan. Featuring friends, family and well-known fans.
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Glam Rock at the BBC
Title: Glam Rock at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 15, 2017
Type: Movie
A spangly celebration of the outburst of far-out pop and fuzz-filled rock that lit up the British charts in the early 1970s. Top of the Pops is our primary arena and its gloriously gaudy visual effects are used here aplenty! The compilation also utilises footage from a selection of BBC concerts as well as from Crackerjack and Cilla. It features classic BBC TV performances from T. Rex, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quatro, Slade, The Sweet, Elton John, Queen, Sparks and many more.
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Marc Bolan: Cosmic Dancer
Title: Marc Bolan: Cosmic Dancer
Character: Himself
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
This intimate biography, narrated in Marc Bolan's own words, traces his remarkable journey from Hackney's 'king of the mods' to Tyrannosaurus Rex, as he evolved into the artist known as 'the hippie with a knife up his sleeve'. With the dawn of the 1970s and the breakup of The Beatles, Bolan became the gender-bending glam rocker whose band T. Rex revitalised the British music scene. But director Jeremy Marre - incorporating unseen movies shot by record producer Tony Visconti and Marc Bolan himself - reveals a far more complex and driven figure whose life was tragically cut short, aged 29. Featuring those who were closest to Marc, his friends, colleagues, family, partner Gloria Jones and producer Tony Visconti.
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T-Rex: Electric Warrior
Title: T-Rex: Electric Warrior
Character: Self
Released: April 12, 2012
Type: Movie
This DVD includes the only two surviving Top of the Pops performances from the BBC archive of T Rex’s Electric Warrior-era hits – Hot Love and Get It On, the latter featuring Elton John. The DVD also includes the previously unseen Blue Screen versions of Jeepster and Life’s A Gas from Germany’s Beat Club plus the actual broadcast versions of Jeepster and Life’s A Gas. The rarely seen official promo videos for Get It On and Jeepster are also included, plus live performances of Girl and Cosmic Dancer which were recorded at the performance of T. Rex’s historic Wembley Empire Pool concerts on March 18 1972. These were not included in the concert film Born To Boogie (which used none of the matinée concert footage).
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Kings of Glam
Title: Kings of Glam
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 22, 2008
Type: Movie
Profiling the leading men of the glam rock era, Liza Tarbuck guides us through the glittering careers of Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Noddy Holder, Brian Ferry, Elton John and honorary glam king Suzi Quatro. Industry men including producer Tony Visconti, songwriter Mike Chapman and photographer Mick Rock give the insider angle to the work of these artists.
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Marc Bolan: The Final Word
Title: Marc Bolan: The Final Word
Released: July 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary which examines Marc Bolan's childhood ambitions of fame and where it led him, using previously lost TV and radio interviews, rediscovered Top of the Pops recordings, unseen concert footage and unique home movies.
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T-Rex - On Tv
Title: T-Rex - On Tv
Released: February 5, 2007
Type: Movie
For the first time, find LES SHOWS TV DE Marc Bolan! This DVD presents, in 3 hours of programming, a selection of the TV appearances of the first glam star! This compilation demonstrates Marc Bolan's mesmerizing impact on crowds. The program also showcases the band's best live performances, including their biggest hits, such as "Hot Love," "Get it On," "Jesper," "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guro," among others.
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Marc Bolan: Ride On
Title: Marc Bolan: Ride On
Character: Archive Footage
Released: March 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Portrait of T.Rex frontman and pop icon Marc Bolan. The programme features interviews with many of his celebrity and non-celebrity friends and his long-time lover Gloria Jones, as well as rare private footage of stage performances of hits such as 'Ride a White Swan' and 'Get It On'.
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The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973
Title: The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973
Character: T-Rex
Released: December 22, 1973
Type: Movie
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The program's theme song, a traditional folk song called "Midnight Special", was performed by Johnny Rivers.
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Title: Rock Concert
Character: Self
Released: September 27, 1973
Type: TV
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is an American television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations. It premiered on September 27, 1973, with a performance by The Rolling Stones; its last episode was in 1981.
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Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
Title: Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: April 15, 1973
Type: Movie
By 1972, the seminal English glam-rock band T-Rex was at the height of what came to be known as "T-Rexstacy:" they had already scored three of their soon-to-be ten straight Top 10 hits. To celebrate their success, Bolan and T-Rex played two sold-out performances at London's Wembley Empire Pool, captured on film by none other than former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and released as the now-legendary concert film BORN TO BOOGIE. The only existant recording of a full T-Rex concert, BORN TO BOOGIE is centered around the dual live performances (with Ringo and Elton John guest starring on two tracks) and interspersed with an acoustic set filmed at John Lennon's mansion, goofy backstage footage of Bolan, and surreal sequences of nuns and dwarves inserted for visual effect. While the original film ran for roughly one hour, this reissue of BORN TO BOOGIE restores many of the hours-worth of material shot by Ringo.
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Stamping Ground
Title: Stamping Ground
Character: Self - T-Rex
Released: October 14, 1971
Type: Movie
Documentary of a 1970 rock concert held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Title: Disco
Character: Self
Released: February 13, 1971
Type: TV
Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter. Its lesser known predecessor on ZDF, 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was aired between 1966 and 1970, presenters included Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. Disco generally served a younger pop-oriented audience compared to ZDF's Hitparade, and until 1972, its main competitor was Beat-Club, followed by Musikladen, both on ARD. Repeats of Disco have been aired since 1984 on ZDF Musikkanal, after its closedown in 1989 on 3sat. Since 2004, the digital ZDF Theaterkanal aired repeats of the entire series. In 2007, ZDF Dokukanal began to air reruns, starting with episodes from 1975 and also multiple repeats of the series have been shown on hit24 in 2008. The show focussed on chart hits current at the time of airing, giving about equal airtime to international pop music and German Schlager. Despite its name, it did not particularly focus on disco music although it featured many disco hits as long as they were chart relevant..
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Title: Cilla
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 1968
Type: TV
A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.
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Title: 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Ready Steady Go!
Character: Self
Released: August 9, 1963
Type: TV
Ready Steady Go! is one of the UK's first rock/pop music television programmes and was a forerunner of MTV-type programming. It was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion TV. Allan was assisted by record producer/talent manager Vicki Wickham, who became the show's producer, and Michael Lindsay-Hogg who was appointed the show's director in 1965. It was broadcast from August 1963 until December 1966. It was produced by Associated-Rediffusion the weekday ITV contractor for London, called Rediffusion-London post 1964. The live show was eventually networked nationally. The show gained its highest ratings on 20 March 1964 when it featured the Beatles being interviewed and performing their songs "It Won't Be Long", "You Can't Do That" and "Can't Buy Me Love" - the last of which was a hit at the time. RSG! USA! was a Dick Clark production in 1964. A trademark infringement ended the show after six episodes. Its last episode was broadcast on 23 December 1966.