

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)
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- 2h 50m
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Overview
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.
Overview
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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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
Self
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