The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

110 mins | Documentary, Music | March 31, 2006

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.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

110 mins | Documentary, Music | March 31, 2006

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers This Is That Productions, Complex Corporation
Original title The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Directors Jeff Feuerzeig
Writers Jeff Feuerzeig

Cast

Daniel Johnston

as Himself

Matt Groening

as Himself

Louis Black

as Himself

Gibby Haynes

as Himself

Thurston Moore

as Himself

Laurie Allen

as Herself

Brian Beattie

as Himself

David Fair

as Himself

Jad Fair

as Himself

Don Goede

as Himself

Sally Johnston Reid

as Herself

Bill Johnston

as Himself

Dick Johnston

as Himself

Mabel Johnston

as Herself

Margie Johnston

as Herself

Ken Lieck

as Himself

Kathy McCarty

as Herself

Freddie Mercury

as Himself (archive footage)

Jason Nightmare

as Himself

John Pochna

as Himself

Jeff Tartakov

as Himself

David Thornberry

as Himself

Peter Zaremba

as Himself

Blair Sterrett

as Himself