AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

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AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

2025

1h 39m

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The complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, the glam rock powerhouse behind "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" and other iconic songs. Featuring archival performances and interviews with Elton John, Ringo Starr, and David Bowie, plus filmed musical interpretations by artists such as Nick Cave, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Jett, Macy Gray, U2, and Father John Misty.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

08/10/2025

3/5

Bolan’s prolificness and eclectic spirit beg for a documentary as daring as his look and sound, but... reminds us why the rocker-poet’s influence still reverberates.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

09/25/2023

3/5

The director, Ethan Silverman, gives you a sense of the singer’s bloody-mindedness, with Billy Idol recalling how he turned a hostile festival crowd from booing to a standing ovation.

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

09/21/2023

3/5

Angelheaded Hipster wants to rescue Bolan's rep from that glam ghetto and to celebrate his songwriting chops and dotty charm.

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Patrick McDonald

HollywoodChicago.com

Sep 17

4.5/5

This is a spectacularly structured rock doc, by dir Ethan Silverman, allowing room for Marc Bolan’s incredibly intensive music to shine through the tributes while telling his fascinating story. He was glam before glam, dance before disco, punk before punk

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Sep 5

3/4

But the best parts of AngelHeaded Hipster are the prolonged music numbers where the filmmaker simply allows either T. Rex, Bolan solo, or another artist perform these great, innovative songs (mostly) uninterrupted.

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Chelsea Alexandra

MovieJawn

08/09/2025

Angelheaded Hipster is a loving tribute to the glam rockstar. It reminds us how Bolan’s influences are all around us. Even all these decades later, Bolan was ahead of his time and his legacy continues to shimmer on.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 08/08/2025

Real footage in 1 hour and 39 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, the glam rock powerhouse behind "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" and other iconic songs. Featuring archival performances and interviews with Elton John, Ringo Starr, and David Bowie, plus filmed musical interpretations by artists such as Nick Cave, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Jett, Macy Gray, U2, and Father John Misty.

Director: Ethan Silverman
Producer: Bill Curbishley, Ethan Silverman, Isaac Hoff
Screenwriter: Ethan Silverman
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: BMG Rights Management
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 8, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 5, 2025
Runtime: 1h 39m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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