Michael
2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 2021
Without Getting Killed or Caught
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Guy ClarkSelf (archive footage)
Susanna ClarkSelf (archive footage)
Townes Van ZandtSelf (archive footage)
Rodney CrowellSelf
Steve EarleSelf
Terry AllenSelf
Sissy SpacekNarrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
Jo Harvey AllenSelf
Vince GillSelf
Verlon ThompsonSelf
Barry PossSelf - Sugar Hill Records Founder
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