Any dude with the barest hint of a singing voice and a lot of adenoids can manage a Bob Dylan impression with just a little practice.
The bigger test in this Dec. 25 release will be if Monica Barbero can summon up the ethereal range and soul of Joan Baez, if indeed they’re letting her sing like Joan.
Love the casting of Boyd Holbrook atsJohnny Cash, badass. That works. Director James Mangold (“Walk the Line”) knows a good Cash when he sees him.
Edward Norton’s Pete Seeger, Norbert Leo Butz is folklorist/record producer Alan Lomax, Dan Fogler becomes agent Albert Grossman, Scoot McNairy is aged legend Woody Guthrie and, for Dylan fanatics, Charlie Tahan plays guitarist turned first-time-ever organist Al Kooper on that legendary “Like a Rolling Stone” recording session.
It may dazzle, and I can’t imagine it won’t at least occasionally thrill fans of the Bard of the Iron Range.
