Movie

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

2006★ 7.7

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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Cast

Daniel JohnstonSelf
Bill JohnstonSelf
Margie JohnstonSelf
Mabel JohnstonSelf
Jeff TartakovSelf
Kathy McCartySelf
Dick JohnstonSelf
Laurie AllenSelf
Sally Johnston ReidSelf
Gibby HaynesSelf
Brian BeattieSelf
David FairSelf

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