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Timothée Chalamet in "A Complete Unknown."

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The Best Picture Oscar nominee “A Complete Unknown,” starring Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet as music icon Bob Dylan, comes to digital streaming this week.

Directed by James Mangold, A Complete Unknown opened in theaters on Dec. 25, 2024. The logline for A Complete Unknown reads, “In 1961, unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan (Chalamet) arrives in New York City with his guitar. He forges relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates worldwide.”

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A Complete Unknown also stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie. The film also stars Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, who represents Suze Rotolo, Dylan’s real-life girlfriend during the time period.

A Complete Unknown will arrive on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, Feb. 25 on a variety of digital platforms including Prime Video, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.

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Prime Video has A Complete Unkown listed for $29.99 for pre-order, which will also be the film’s purchase price.

While the platform doesn’t list the rental price for A Complete Unknown, viewers typically can rent movies on digital for $5 less than the purchase price, so expect the film to be available to rent for a 48-hour period for $24.99.

A Complete Unknown has been nominated for multiple honors this awards season, including eight nods by the 2025 Oscars.

In addition to the film’s Best Picture and Best Actor nomination for Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton, Best Supporting Actress for Monica Barbaro, Best Director for James Mangold and Best Adapted Screenplay for Mangold and Jay Cocks.

A Complete Unknown was also nominated for Oscars for Best Sound and Best Costume Design.

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In addition to the Oscars, A Complete Unknown was nominated for six British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, as well as Best Picture by the Producers Guild Awards and Best Director for Mangold by the Directors Guild of America Awards.

A Complete Unknown also received nominations from the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Chalamet, as well as Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Norton and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Barbaro.

The film’s ensemble also received a SAG Award Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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In addition to all of A Complete Unknown’s awards accolades, the film is a box office hit. Per The Numbers, the film has earned nearly $71.7 million in North American theaters and nearly $32.9 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $104.6 million to date.

According to IMDb, A Complete Unknown had a production budget of $65 million before prints and advertising.

Rotten Tomatoes critics have also embraced A Complete Unknown, giving the film an 81% “fresh” rating based on 303 reviews. Audiences also have given the film a 95% “fresh” rating on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 5,000-plus verified user ratings.

Rated R, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown arrives on PVOD on Tuesday.

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