The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Released on
Documentary, Music
Runtime
110 mins
(131 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Daniel Johnston
  • Bill Johnston
  • Margie Johnston
  • Mabel Johnston
  • Jeff Tartakov
  • Kathy McCarty
  • Dick Johnston
  • Laurie Allen
  • Sally Johnston Reid
  • Gibby Haynes
  • Brian Beattie
  • David Fair
  • Jad Fair
  • Jason Nightmare
  • Thurston Moore
  • Louis Black
  • Ken Lieck
  • Don Goede
  • John Pochna
  • David Thornberry
  • Peter Zaremba
  • Matt Groening
  • Blair Sterrett

Director

  • Jeff Feuerzeig

Producers

  • Henry S. Rosenthal

Screenwriter

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