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DESPUES DE HABER TERMINADO EL TRABAJO EN LA CINTA \"THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH\", FILM DE NICHOLAS ROEG, BOWIE ANUNCIO LA FORMACION DE SU PROPIA COMPANIA PRODUCTORA DE PELICULAS, ILAMADA BEWLEY BROS, INC. SEGUN LOS REPORTES DE LA PRENSA GABACHA, LA COMPNIA PRODUCTORA DE PELICULAS DE BOWIE, HARA SU DEBUT CON EL FILM \"THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS\", QUE SEGUN DAVID PODRIA SER MUY BUENO QUE AL FILM LE SIGUIERA UN ALBUM Y LAS CONSECUENTES PRESENTACIONES PERSONALES.\r\nAUN NO ESTA DEFINIDO CON QUE TRABAJO COMENZARA LA BEWLEY BROS., YA QUE TAMBIEN SE DICE QUE \"YOUNG AMERICANS\" PODRIA SER MUY BUEN TEMA PARA PELICULA. TAMBIEN HA SURGIDO LA IDEA DE HACER UN RODAJE A BASE DE UNA SERIE DE CUENTOS DONDE EL VOLUMEN DE ARTISTAS PATICIPANTES, ADEMAS DE NUMEROSO, PODRIA SER BASTANTE ATRACTIVO.\r\nBOWIE POR LO PRONTO SE PREPARA PARA ESTA NUEVA FACETA DE ACTOR, EN LA CUAL SE ASEGURA TENDRA BASTANTE ACEPTACION, DADA SU CALIDAD Y PERSONALIDAD.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"OUR POSTER\r\nDAVID BOWIE\r\nDAVID BOWIE IS ONE OF THE MOST DISCUSSED ROCKERS ON THE WORLD SCENE FOR HIS PARTICULAR STYLE OF BRINGING TO THE \"STAGE\" BISEXUAL SYMBOLS THAT HAVE SCANDALIZED GREAT ART IN THE WORLD, HOWEVER, THIS HAS NECESSARILY KEPT HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE OF POPULARITY AND THAT IS WHY ROCK POSTER PUBLISHES THIS FORTNIGHT A SPECTACULAR CHROME OF HIM. \r\nBOWIE HAS LONG EXPRESSED GREAT CONCERN FOR FILM CAMP AND HAS LONG BEEN LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A ROLE THAT SUITS HIS PERSONALITY TO MAKE A FILM. AFTER FINISHING WORK ON NICHOLAS ROEG'S \"THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH,\" BOWIE ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF HIS OWN FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY, ILAMADA BEWLEY BROS, INC. ACCORDING TO GABACHA PRESS REPORTS, BOWIE'S FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY ILAMADA BEWLEY BROS, INC. ACCORDING TO GABACHA PRESS REPORTS, BOWIE'S FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY WILL MAKE ITS DEBUT WITH THE FILM \"THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS\", WHICH ACCORDING TO DAVID COULD BE VERY GOOD IF THE FILM WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ALBUM AND THE CONSEQUENT PERSONAL PRESENTATIONS.\r\nIT IS NOT YET DEFINED WITH WHAT WORK BEWLEY BROS. WILL BEGIN, SINCE IT IS ALSO SAID THAT \"YOUNG AMERICANS\" COULD BE A VERY GOOD THEME FOR A FILM. THE IDEA OF FILMING BASED ON A SERIES OF STORIES HAS ALSO ARISEN WHERE THE VOLUME OF PARTICIPATING ARTISTS, IN ADDITION TO BEING NUMEROUS, COULD BE QUITE ATTRACTIVE.\r\nBOWIE FOR NOW IS PREPARING FOR THIS NEW FACET OF ACTOR, IN WHICH HE IS ASSURED THAT HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF ACCEPTANCE, GIVEN HIS QUALITY AND PERSONALITY.","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed in article on Bowie on the reverse side of the poster, bottom right corner."}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Poster of David Bowie performing in <i>The 1980 Floor Show,</i> Figuras de la Cancion magazine, ca.1976","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[{"text":"Concert: The 1980 Floor Show (October 1973)","id":"AUTH401674"}],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["LOAN:AMERICASFOUNDATION.1910-2024"],"accessionNumberNum":"1910","accessionNumberPrefix":"LOAN:AMERICASFOUNDATION","accessionYear":2024,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"David Bowie Archive Number","id":"THES394108"},"number":"1972.3002.0097"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-09","recordCreationDate":"2024-06-11","availableToBook":true}}