Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
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Celebrated filmmaker Tony Palmer follows Leonard Cohen on his 1972 European tour. The film, after extensive re-editing from its initial version, opened in London in 1974. It was shown on German television, but it disappeared for decades and was considered a lost film. Its original version, restored by the director, was released on DVD in 2010 and had its first theatrical release in 2017.
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Leonard Cohen
Self
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Ron Cornelius
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Tony Palmer
Martin J Machat
Bob Johnston
Self - piano and organ
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Udo Jürgens
Self
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Unsere tollen Tanten in der Südsee
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Rob Ayling
Doris Kunstmann
Self - German actress
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Peter Marshal
Self - electric and acoustic bass
David O'Connor
Self - acoustic guitar
Esther Ofarim
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11 Uhr 20
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Tony Palmer Director
United States release August 1, 2010 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
The Machat Company
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 5, 1974
Premiere · Rainbow Theater, London
United States · August 1, 2010
Theatrical
Chile
December 5, 2015 · IN-EDIT Chile
Finland
January 14, 2012 · TV · Remastered version
Hungary
April 9, 2017 · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Poland
August 6, 2010 · Theatrical
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