The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

7.7(136 votes)
2006
1h 50m
Documentary
Music

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.

Production

Complex Corporation, This is that

Cast

Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston

Self

Bill Johnston

Bill Johnston

Self

Margie Johnston

Margie Johnston

Self

Mabel Johnston

Mabel Johnston

Self

Jeff Tartakov

Jeff Tartakov

Self

Kathy McCarty

Kathy McCarty

Self

Dick Johnston

Dick Johnston

Self

Laurie Allen

Laurie Allen

Self

Sally Johnston Reid

Sally Johnston Reid

Self

Gibby Haynes

Gibby Haynes

Self

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