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The Devil and Daniel Johnston

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PG-13 2006 · 1h 50m
Documentary, Music
Starring Daniel Johnston · Gibby Haynes · David Fair
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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.

Theatrical
Mar 31, 2006
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 19, 2006
Theaters
11,848
Director
Jeff Feuerzeig
Producers
Jonah Loop, Henry S. Rosenthal, David Donaldson
Studio
Complex Corporation, This is that
Keywords
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D
Daniel Johnston
Self
G
Gibby Haynes
Self
D
David Fair
Self
J
Jad Fair
Self
T
Thurston Moore
Self
L
Louis Black
Self
M
Matt Groening
Self
K
Kurt Cobain
Self (Archival footage)
W
Woody Allen
Self (Archival footage)
B
Brian Wilson
Self (Archival footage)

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