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Summary
An indelible portrait of the complex relationship between playwright and actor Sam Shepard and his close friend Johnny Dark as they prepare forty years of their correspondence for publication, stirring up old memories both good and bad.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 66Audiences 68GoodWatch 54
Metascore66
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9692Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2012
September 11, 2012
14 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Treva Wurmfeld Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
Production · 3
- Emily Wachtel Executive Producer
- Amy Hobby Producer
- Sandra Adair Associate Producer, Editor
Sound · 1
- Graham Reynolds Original Music Composer
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