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Blu-ray

The devil and Daniel Johnston

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY 921 J723D (CEN)

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Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

In English, with optional French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Daniel Johnston.

Publication Information

Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 110 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; thematic elements, drug content, and language including a sexual reference.

Summary

"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 manic-depressive, Johnston has spent the last three decades of his life in-and-out of mental institutions."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a documentary in 2005.

Special features: Deleted scenes ; Sundance world premiere featurette ; Daniel and Laurie reunion featurette ; Legendary WFMU broadcast featurette ; Cinema of Daniel Johnston ; Daniel's audio diaries ; audio commentary with director Jeff Feuerzeig and and producer Henry S. Rosenthal.

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