The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

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2006
1h 50m
7.7(137 votes)
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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.

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26 members
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Daniel Johnston

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Daniel Johnston
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Bill Johnston

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Margie Johnston

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Mabel Johnston

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Jeff Tartakov

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Kathy McCarty

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Dick Johnston

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Laurie Allen

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Sally Johnston Reid

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Gibby Haynes

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Gibby Haynes
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Brian Beattie

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David Fair

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David Fair
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Jad Fair

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Jad Fair
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Jason Nightmare

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Thurston Moore

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Thurston Moore
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Louis Black

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Louis Black
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Ken Lieck

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Don Goede

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John Pochna

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David Thornberry

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Peter Zaremba

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Matt Groening

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Matt Groening
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Blair Sterrett

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Kurt Cobain

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Kurt Cobain
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Woody Allen

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Woody Allen
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Brian Wilson

Self (Archival footage)

Brian Wilson

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