Bowie: The Final Act
strong language
Director(s)Jonathan Stiasny
Production year2025
Release date26/12/2025
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes95m
CastDavid Bowie
Bowie: The Final Act
strong language
This documentary combines archive footage and original interviews to tell the story of David Bowie's career, from perfor ...
This documentary combines archive footage and original interviews to tell the story of David Bowie's career, from performing at the first ever Glastonbury festival, to his final album, released just before his death.
violence
language
sex
discrimination
drugs
nudity
theme
alcohol and smoking
strong language
Classified Date:
12/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
Archive footage of protests include moments of real violence, including a woman being dragged by a police officer and references to shootings.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'bitched', 'balls', 'crap', 'bollocks', 'shit', 'bloody', 'ass', 'damn', 'hell' and 'God'.
sex
There is occasional mild innuendo. A clip from a television series shows a man sensually stroking the leg of another person, fully clothed.
discrimination
A clip from a television series depicts a man being stared at due to the colour of his skin. There are song lyrics with a reclaimed use of the word 'queer'.
drugs
References are made to LSD misuse and there are occasional drug references within song lyrics and music videos.
nudity
Archive footage of a festival depicts a topless woman with painted breasts and a man's buttocks.
theme
There are references to cancer and death as well as discussions of bereavement.
alcohol and smoking
Archive footage contains frequent smoking.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date12/12/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
language
sex
discrimination
drugs
nudity
theme
alcohol and smoking
Director(s)Jonathan Stiasny
Production year2025
Release date26/12/2025
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes95m
CastDavid Bowie
strong language
Classified Date:
12/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
Archive footage of protests include moments of real violence, including a woman being dragged by a police officer and references to shootings.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'bitched', 'balls', 'crap', 'bollocks', 'shit', 'bloody', 'ass', 'damn', 'hell' and 'God'.
sex
There is occasional mild innuendo. A clip from a television series shows a man sensually stroking the leg of another person, fully clothed.
discrimination
A clip from a television series depicts a man being stared at due to the colour of his skin. There are song lyrics with a reclaimed use of the word 'queer'.
drugs
References are made to LSD misuse and there are occasional drug references within song lyrics and music videos.
nudity
Archive footage of a festival depicts a topless woman with painted breasts and a man's buttocks.
theme
There are references to cancer and death as well as discussions of bereavement.
alcohol and smoking
Archive footage contains frequent smoking.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date12/12/2025
LanguageEnglish
