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55% Critic Match
Without Getting Killed or Caught
“Townes is her soul. Guy is her heart.”
5.5 / 10• 2021• 1h 35m•NR• English
DocumentaryMusic
Storyline
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 & Crew
Guy Clark
Self (archive footage)
LeadSC
Susanna Clark
Self (archive footage)
Townes Van Zandt
Self (archive footage)
Rodney Crowell
Self
Steve Earle
Self
TA
Terry Allen
Self
Sissy Spacek
Narrator / Voice of Susanna Clark (voice)
Jo Harvey Allen
Self
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul Whitfield's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Without Getting Killed or Caught is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
