David Bowie Documentary The Last Five Years Coming to HBO

The first U.S. broadcast of the film that features archival footage, unreleased interviews, fart jokes, and more
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David Bowie: The Last Five Years, the documentary that explores the final years of Bowie’s career, is coming to HBO, the company announced today. It marks the first time the film will be broadcast in the United States, following its debut on the BBC earlier this year. The HBO premiere date has not yet been announced. Update 12/12: The HBO premiere is set for Monday, January 8, 2018 at 8 p.m. Eastern, as Billboard reports.

The Last Five Years offers in depth interviews with Bowie’s collaborators, as well as rare footage of the making of his musical Lazarus and his final two albums (The Next Day and Blackstar). There are also fart jokes.

At the 59th Annual Grammy AwardsBlackstar won every award for which it was nominated. Bowie’s first victory of the night (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical) marked the first musical award he ever won at the ceremony.

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