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Velvet Goldmine
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2584
- IMDb #2506
- Rotten Tomatoes #2268
- Metacritic #2422
- Letterboxd #959
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3128
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1664
- Metacritic Critics #1961
- Metacritic Audience #3280
- Criticker #1319
- Kinopoisk #2271
- AlloCiné #2194
- Trakt #2533
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 80.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1984 London, a journalist investigates the mysterious disappearance a decade earlier of a flamboyant, androgynous glam rock star, inspired by figures like David Bowie and Iggy Pop. The story is told through a series of flashbacks as he interviews those who knew the star, exploring the rise and fall of the glam rock era, its sexual revolution, and the personal cost of manufactured personas.
Details
- Director
- Todd Haynes
- Writers
- James Lyons, Todd Haynes
- Released
- 28 August 1998
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $4.3M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →2 major awards won · 4 wins from 12 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 1999 | Best Cinematography | Maryse Alberti | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1998 | Best Artistic Contribution | Todd Haynes | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1999 | Best Costume Design | Sandy Powell | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1999 | Best Feature | Christine Vachon | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1999 | Best Director | Todd Haynes | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1998 | Palme d'Or | Todd Haynes | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1999 | Best Costume Design | Sandy Powell | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 1999 | Best Makeup and Hair | Peter King | Nominee |
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12 awards — Velvet Goldmine
×| Best Cinematography | Maryse Alberti | Winner |
| Best Director | Todd Haynes | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Christine Vachon | Nominee |
| Best Artistic Contribution | Todd Haynes | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Todd Haynes | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Sandy Powell | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Sandy Powell | Winner |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Peter King | Nominee |
| Channel 4 Director's Award | Todd Haynes | Winner |
| Outstanding Film – Limited Theatrical Release | Velvet Goldmine | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing – Music – Musical Feature (Foreign & Domestic) | Annette Kudrak (music editor), Todd Kasow (scoring editor) | Nominee |
| British Newcomer of the Year | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Nominee |