DEVIL & DANIEL JOHNSTON - DVD

Details

• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: His drawings and sketches are exhibited and sold worldwide. Beck, Wilco, Sonic Youth, and Pearl Jam have recorded his songs. But beneath Daniel Johnston's success as an artist and musician is an incredible story of genius touched by madness: diagnosed as a manic-depressive, Johnston has spent the last three decades of his life in-and-out of mental institutions. Told through a compelling combination of interviews, home movies, and performance footage, The Devil and Daniel Johnston is 'a harrowing, hilarious, and ultimately moving new documentary film' (Jim Farber, New York Daily News. '4 Stars' (Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News)!
• Cast: Daniel Johnston, Laurie Allen, Brian Beattie, Louis Black, David Fair, Jad Fair, Don Goede, Matt Groening, Gibby Haynes, Sally Johnston Reid, Bill Johnston, Dick Johnston, Mabel Johnston, Margie Johnston, Ken Lieck, Kathy McCarty, Freddie Mercury, Thurston Moore, Jason Nightmare, John Pochna, Jeff Tartakov, David Thornberry, Peter Zaremba, Blair Sterrett, Jeff Feuerzeig
• Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie