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7.7

135 Reviews

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

  • Kurt Cobain

  • Woody Allen

  • Brian Wilson

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