The Velvet Underground
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Experience the iconic rock band
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Principal cast & crew: 38
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Edited by Affonso GoncalvesShot by Edward Lachman
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Cast & Crew
38 unique people credited
Top billed cast
The Velvet Underground
as Themselves
Lou Reed
as Self (archive footage)
John Cale
as Self - Songwriter, Musician & Producer
Sterling Morrison
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Flynt
as Self - Composer, Musician, Philosopher & Writer
Maureen Tucker
as Self
La Monte Young
as Self - Composer, Musician, Writer & Founder of Theatre of Eternal Music & the Dream Syndicate
Jonas Mekas
as Self
Marian Zazeela
as Self - Artist, Musician & of Theatre of Eternal Music & the Dream Syndicate
Jonathan Richman
as Self
John Waters
as Self
Allan Hyman
as Bandmate of Lou Reed
Supporting cast
18Nico
as Self (archive footage)
Merrill Reed Weiner
as Self - Sister of Lou Reed
David Bowie
as Self (voice)
Richard Mishkin
as Self - College Friend & Bandmate of Lou Reed
Doug Yule
as Self (archive footage)
Shelly Corwin
as Self - Lou Reed's College Girlfriend
Danny Fields
as Self
Amy Taubin
as Self
Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Woronov
as Self
Jackson Browne
as Self
Joseph Freeman
as Self
Cass Elliot
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Conrad
as Self (voice)
Billy Name
as Self (voice)
Bill Graham
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Zappa
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1Writers
1Producers
5Other crew
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