Without Getting Killed or Caught

This 95-minute documentary follows 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. Based on the diaries of Susanna Clark and the book Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, the film tells the saga from Susanna’s point of view, with Academy Award-winner Sissy Spacek voicing Susanna’s narration.

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Credits

Directors:

Tamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield

Executive Producer:

Bart Knaggs, Jay Newberg, Barry Poss

Producer:

Tamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield

Screenwriter:

Tamara Saviano, Bart Knaggs

Cinematographer:

Paul Whitfield

Editor:

Sandra Adair

Production Designer:

Paul Whitfield

Sound Designer:

Paul Whitfield

Music:

Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson

Principal Cast:

Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Steve Earle, Jo Harvey Allen, Terry Allen, Verlon Thompson, Sissy Spacek

Additional Credits:

Rerecording Mixer: Tom Hammond, Associate Producer: Connie Nelson

Contact

Distributor:

Tamara Saviano
TSaviano61@mac.com

Public Film Contact:

Tamara Saviano
Slow Uvalde Films, LLC
TSaviano61@mac.com
615-400-0388

Publicity Contact:

Maria Ivey
maria@ivpr.com
615-306-0737

Sales Agent:

Tamara Saviano (we are not looking for an agent)

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2020
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Runtime:
95 mins