Without Getting Killed or Caught
8
2021
1 hr 35 min
Documentary
, Music
Follow Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, and Townes Van Zandt as they rise from obscurity to reverence: Guy, the Pancho to Van Zandt’s Lefty, struggling to establish himself as the Dylan Thomas of American music, while Susanna pens hit songs and paints album covers for top artists, and Townes spirals in self-destruction after writing some of Americana music’s most enduring and influential ballads.
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- Cast：
- Guy Clark , Townes Van Zandt , Rodney Crowell , Steve Earle , Sissy Spacek , Jo Harvey Allen , Vince Gill
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Reviews
Simply A Masterpiece
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Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
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Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
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The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
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