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: Paul Whitfield, Tamara Saviano.
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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 | Bart Knaggs | Writer |
| Editing | Paul Whitfield | Editor |
| Writing | Sandra Adair | Story Editor |
| Writing | Tamara Saviano | Writer |
| Production | Jay Newberg | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Sandra Adair | Editor |
| Production | Connie Koepke Nelson | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Andrea von Foerster | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Tamara Saviano | Producer |
| Camera | Paul Whitfield | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Paul Whitfield | Director |
| Production | Bart Knaggs | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Tamara Saviano | Director |
| Production | Paul Whitfield | Producer |
| Production | Barry Poss | Executive Producer |