New Bob Dylan Movie Filmed In Highlands, Red Bank This Week

HIGHLANDS, NJ — Two well-known Monmouth County haunts were used for filming Thursday in the new Bob Dylan movie, "A Complete Unknown."

The movie filmed all day Thursday at Bahrs Landing waterfront restaurant in Highlands, and then Thursday night at the County Basie theater in Red Bank. They will not be back Friday or this weekend; they appear to be done in Monmouth County.

The biopic tells the story of Dylan at age 19, right when he first moves to New York City. Dylan is played by Timothee Chalamet.

According to the Hoboken Patch, the movie also filmed in Hoboken and Jersey City this week, and they're back filming in Hoboken on Friday: In Hoboken, film crews were spotted in Church Square Park; inside and outside of Moran's, an old restaurant across from the park, and on the Hoboken waterfront at 8th Street.

Elle Fanning is also in the movie and she was spotted filming scenes at Miss America Diner and at White Mana restaurant, both in Jersey City, NJ.com reported.

Nobody should be surprised to see big-name Hollywood actors filming in New Jersey these days: Gov. Phil Murphy has given film studios millions in tax breaks to film in the Garden State, and he gave Netflix big tax breaks to open their planned film studio lot on Fort Monmouth in Eatontown. This Variety magazine article breaks down how NJ's film-industry tax breaks work; it's complicated to explain: Netflix to Win Big With Tax Incentive Changes in New Jersey and California

Prior to this, Bahrs (and Keansburg amusement park!) also appeared in the 2023 romantic comedy “Which Brings Me To You," currently streaming on Apple and Amazon. Watch the trailer, and look for all the local spots:

Bahrs was also in the 2022 Chevy Super Bowl ad with Meadow and AJ Soprano (Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler), in a commercial for Chevy's first-ever all-electric Silverado. Read that story: Bahrs Featured In 'Sopranos' Super Bowl Ad With Meadow Soprano, or see the ad below (Bahrs appears at the end, where Meadow Soprano famously plugs the new car into an electric charging station):

"A Complete Unknown" tells the story of Dylan when he was 19 years old and just arrived in New York City in 1961, looking to find his hero, Woodie Guthrie. Young Dylan was embraced by the NYC folk music scene, and the film recounts his rise to popularity just before he was signed by Columbia Records and became a mega star.

The Dylan movie will be filming all over New Jersey through the end of May; filming started in March. The studio is Broadside Productions, located at 525 Washington Blvd. in Jersey City.

Hollywood is officially here to stay in New Jersey:

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