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    Jobriath A.D.

    2012 · Documentary · 1h 42m

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  1. Jan 30, 2014 · Movies. Movie Reviews. Jobriath A.D.: Film Review. The would-be "American Bowie" gets his due in Kieran Turner's sympathetic doc. By THR Staff. January 30, 2014 2:53pm.

  2. 67% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 58% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A profile of Jobriath, perhaps the first openly gay rock star, shows his life and music during a career that ended in 1975. Thirty-five...

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  4. Reviews. Accolades. See also. Notes. References. External links. Jobriath A.D. is a 2012 American biographical documentary film written, produced and directed by Kieran Turner. The documentary details the rise and fall of the first openly gay rock star Jobriath.

  5. Jan 29, 2014 · Narrated by Henry Rollins, Jobriath A.D. focuses on its star’s intangible rise to self-delusional celebrity, his quick fall from grace, and subsequent failed attempts to reinvent himself as a clean-cut and less threatening Broadway singer. Sadly, the doc shows us very little of Jobriaths talent even as talking heads exult him as a ...

  6. There have been many reviews suggesting that homophobia was partly to blame, but the truth is, a certain David Bowie was the forerunner of this androgynous kind of performer. And the world loved it. Elektra records spent a fortune promoting Jobriath, but there was one problem: no one was interested.

  7. May 1, 2014 · 1h 42m. By Daniel M. Gold. May 1, 2014. If Jobriath, a would-be star of glam-rock during the genre’s 1970s heyday, is recalled at all, it’s because of his monster billboard, which loomed over...

  8. Jun 15, 2012 · 7 User reviews. 15 Critic reviews. 58 Metascore. Awards. 3 wins & 1 nomination. Videos 1. Trailer 2:29.