THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON, directed by Jeff Feuerzeig, is a documentary about the underground cassette tape savant Daniel Johnston. The film begins with footage of Johnston speaking to a video camera in front of a mirror. As artful as it is eerie he says, "This is the ghost of Daniel Johnston." Though this looks like a narrative convention, Johnston does not narrate his own film. In fact, though the film intends to mine the mystery of the artist, the demons that torment him get first billing. We are limited to interfacing with the artist through his songs, sketches, films, and the extensive collection of audio and videocassettes that document his day-to-day life before his commitment and subsequent medication in 1991.
Director: Jim Tushinsky Producer: Lawrence Helman, Jim Tushinski Stars: Peter Burian, Robert Boulanger, Rick Castro, Guy Clark, Lawrence Helman, John F. Karr, Armistead Maupin, Daniel Nicoletta, Wakefield Poole, Robert W. Richards, John Waters, Jack Wrangler MPAA
Rating: NR Year of
Release:
2005 Running Time : 80
minutes
Director: Ang Lee Producer: Diana Ossana, James Schamus Stars:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy
Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Scott Michael Campbell, Kate Mara MPAA
Rating: R Year of
Release:
2005 Running Time : 134
minutes
Director: Michael Haneke Producer: Margaret Menegoz, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Michael Weber, Valerio de Paolis Stars:
Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Maurice Bénichou, Lester Makedonsky,
Annie Girardot, Walid Afkir, Daniel Duval, Nathalie Richard MPAA
Rating: R Year of
Release:
2005 Running Time : 117
minutes
Director: Heather Rae Producer: Marcheline Bertrand, Russell Friedenberg, Rob Ganger, James Haven, Angelina Jolie, Elyse Katz, Heather Rae,
Chief Harry B. Wallace Stars: John Trudell, Robert Redford, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Ray, Val Kilmer MPAA
Rating: NR Year of
Release:
2005 Running Time : 80
minutes
Director: George
Clooney Producer: Steven Soderbergh, Ben
Cosgrove, Jennifer Fox, Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Marc Butan, Jeff
Skoll, Chris Salvaterra, Barbara A. Hall
Stars: David
Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Robert
Downey Jr., Frank Langella, Robert John Burke, Reed Diamond, Tate
Donovan, Grant Heslov, Tom McCarthy, Matt Ross, Ray Wise, Dianne
Reeves MPAA Rating: PG Year of
Release: 2005 Running Time : 93
minutes
Director: Noah
Baumbach Producer:Wes Anderson, Reverge
Anselmo, Miranda Bailey
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg,
Owen Kline, Halley Feiffer, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin MPAA Rating: R Year of Release:
2005
Director: Craig Lucas Producer: David Newman, Campbell Scott, George VanBuskirk,
Lisa Zimble
Stars: Campbell Scott, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard,
Bill Camp, Robin Bartlett, Linda Emond MPAA Rating:
R Year of Release: 2005 Running
Time: 101 minutes
Director: Anand Tucker Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Jon J. Jashni, Steve Martin Stars: Claire Danes,
Jason Schwartzman, Steve Martin, Bridgette Wilson MPAA Rating: R Year of Release: 2005 Running Time : 104 minutes
Director: David Cronenberg Producer:Toby Emmerich, David Cronenberg, J.C.
Spink, Chris Bender
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt,
Ashton Holmes, Heidi Hayes, Peter MacNeill MPAA
Rating: R Year of Release: 2005
Director:
Scott Coffey Producer: Naomi Watts Stars: Naomi Watts, Rebecca Rigg,
Scott Coffey , Mark
Pellegrino, Chevy Chase . MPAA
Rating: NR Year of
Release:
2005 Running Time : 95
minutes
Director: Fernando Meirelles Producer: Simon Channing-Williams Stars: Rachel Weiss, Ralph Fiennes MPAA
Rating: R for language, violence and nudity Year of
Release: 2005 Running Time: 129 minutes
Director: Nicolas Rossier Producer: Nicolas Rossier Stars: Features Aristide, Sen. Maxine Waters, Noam Chomsky, Rep. Charles Rangel, more MPAA
Rating: NR Year of
Release:
2005 Running Time : 84
minutes
Director: Greg Whiteley Producer: Ed Cunningham, Seth Gordon Stars: Nina Antonia, Bishop Bragg, Clem Burke, Lee Black Childers, Steve Conte, Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde , Frank Infante , David Johansen, Mick Jones, Arthur Kane, Barbara Kane, Brian Koonin , Don Letts, Bishop MacGregor, Morrissey, Iggy Pop, Sylvain Sylvain, Sirius Trixon , & Sammy Yaffa. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Year of Release: 2005 Running Time : 75 minutes
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