Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
| Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire | |
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| Directed by | Tony Palmer |
| Written by | Tony Palmer |
| Produced by | Rob Ayling Marty Machat Steven Machat |
| Cinematography | Les Young |
| Edited by | Tony Palmer |
| Music by | Leonard Cohen |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire, originally titled Bird on a Wire, is a 1974 documentary that chronicles a troubled 1972 concert tour of Europe and Israel by the Canadian singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen.
It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Palmer, with cinematography by Les Young. The film takes its name from the Cohen song Bird on the Wire.
The film, after extensive re-editing from its initial version, opened in London in 1974. It was shown on German television, but it disappeared for decades and was considered a lost film. Its original version, restored by the director, was released on DVD in 2010 and had its first theatrical release in 2017.