Without Getting Killed or Caught (2021)
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.
Directors: Tamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield.
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Guy Clark as Self (archive footage) |
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Susanna Clark as Self (archive footage) |
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Townes Van Zandt as Self (archive footage) |
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Rodney Crowell as Self |
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Steve Earle as Self |
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Terry Allen as Self |
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Sissy Spacek as Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice) |
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Jo Harvey Allen as Self |
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Vince Gill as Self |
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Verlon Thompson as Self |
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Barry Poss as Self - Sugar Hill Records Founder |
| Writing | Tamara Saviano | Writer |
| Writing | Bart Knaggs | Writer |
| Editing | Paul Whitfield | Editor |
| Camera | Paul Whitfield | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Sandra Adair | Story Editor |
| Editing | Sandra Adair | Editor |
| Production | Bart Knaggs | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jay Newberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Barry Poss | Executive Producer |
| Production | Connie Koepke Nelson | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Andrea von Foerster | Music Supervisor |
| Directing | Tamara Saviano | Director |
| Directing | Paul Whitfield | Director |
| Production | Tamara Saviano | Producer |
| Production | Paul Whitfield | Producer |