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Without Getting Killed or Caught

Townes is her soul. Guy is her heart.
Jul 23, 2021 · 1h 35m
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Music

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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
Self (archive footage)
Susanna Clark
Self (archive footage)
Townes Van Zandt
Self (archive footage)
Rodney Crowell
Self
Steve Earle
Self
Terry Allen
Self
Sissy Spacek
Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
Jo Harvey Allen
Self
Directed by Paul Whitfield

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Slow Uvalde Films
Country
US

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