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The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

2006•1h 50m•7.7/10
DocumentaryMusic

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7.7/10(141)

This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.

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Production

Complex Corporation, This is that

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston

Self

Bill Johnston

Self

Margie Johnston

Self

Mabel Johnston

Self

Jeff Tartakov

Self

Kathy McCarty

Self

Dick Johnston

Self

Laurie Allen

Self

Sally Johnston Reid

Self

Gibby Haynes

Gibby Haynes

Self

Brian Beattie

Self

David Fair

David Fair

Self

Jad Fair

Jad Fair

Self

Jason Nightmare

Self

Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore

Self

Louis Black

Louis Black

Self

Ken Lieck

Self

Don Goede

Self

John Pochna

Self

David Thornberry

Self

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