Taglines: Are you humble before God?
Masked and Anonymous movie storyline. An iconic rock legend, Jack Fate (Bob Dylan), is bailed out of prison to perform a one-man benefit concert for a decaying future North American society. The film touches on many subjects from the futility of politics, the confusion of loosely strung government conspiracies, and the chaos created by both anarchy and Nineteen Eighty-Four-styled totalitarianism. It further reflects on life, dreams, and God’s place in a seemingly increasingly chaotic world.
In some ways, the film is political: it describes how Fate sees the political landscape – people fighting for no reason, a nation without hope, governments that cannot be trusted – but at the same time Fate makes it clear that he “was always a singer and maybe no more than that”. He produces no solutions to any of the problems the film presents. Rather, he makes it clear that he “stopped trying to figure everything out a long time ago.”
Masked and Anonymous is a 2003 drama film directed by Larry Charles. The film was written by Larry Charles and Bob Dylan, the latter under the pseudonym “Sergei Petrov”. It stars Dylan alongside a star-heavy cast, including John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, Val Kilmer, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Angela Bassett, Bruce Dern, Cheech Marin, Ed Harris, Chris Penn, Steven Bauer, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Paul Chan, Christian Slater and Fred Ward.
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
Directed by: Larry Charles
Starring: Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Penélope Cruz, Jeff Bridges, Luke Wilson, Angela Bassett, Steven Bauer, Bruce Dern, Michael Paul Chan, Giovanni Ribisi
Screenplay by: Bob Dylan, Rene Fontaine
Production Design by: Bob Ziembicki
Cinematography by: Rogier Stoffers
Film Editing by: Luis Alvarez y Alvarez, Pietro Scalia
Costume Design by: Abigail Murray
Set Decoration by: Bob Kensinger
Art Direction by: Kristan Andrews
Music by: Bob Dylan
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language and brief violence.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: July 24, 2003
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