On August 5th, POV will air Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music by Robert Elfstrom. Here's a sneak peek.
In this classic 1969 documentary, the Man in Black is captured at his peak, the first of many in a looming roller-coaster career. Fresh on the heels of his Folsom Prison album, Cash reveals the dark intensity and raw talent that made him a country music star and cultural icon. Director Robert Elfstrom got closer than any other filmmaker to Cash, who is seen performing with his new bride June Carter Cash, in a rare duet with Bob Dylan, and behind the scenes with friends, family and aspiring young musicians. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music paints an unforgettable portrait that endures beyond the singer's 2003 death.
Watch the trailer:
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I would like to purchase this program. Is it available?
by Peggy at 1:06 PM on August 7, 2008
I would like to purchase a DVD of this program. How and where do I order it?
by Gene Hamann at 11:41 PM on August 9, 2008
Who was the young man singing (with harmonica) back stage that Cash was going to set up an audition for. I originally thought it ws Dylan, but upon seeing him later in the show realized that I was wrong
by LARRY SMITH at 10:59 PM on August 18, 2008
My brother and I think it might have been Denver in his younger years?
by K.B. at 12:02 PM on August 19, 2008
i also would like to know who the kid was and also the name of that first song and if it was ever published
d.z.
by dan zilverberg at 10:15 PM on August 20, 2008
Someone in another PBS discussion said the young man backstage is Don Freed.
by ann k at 10:29 PM on August 21, 2008
Moving. Magnificent. It all comes back.
by Fisher at 9:29 PM on August 23, 2008
It would have been nice if there had been identification "tags" for the various people interviewed, such as the young singers.
by SHAXPUR at 5:07 PM on August 27, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary about Johnny Cash with a little of the Carter family in there. I am not a big country music fan but some of that appalachian music stirs me some how.
Johnny Cash was amazing. He wasn't fancy. He just said it like it is and you feel a kinship with him when he sings his soul felt songs.
I watched it last night and again today. He was one rare individual and so was June. Passion spilling out everywhere.
If it weren't for PBS there would be no TV for me. Keep on keepin' on and I'll try to send as many dollars as I can afford.
You rock! Sincerely, Maggie
by Margaret Corsaro at 3:40 PM on July 10, 2009
The
kid in the back with hamonica was Bob Dylan. I would also like to buy a DVD of this show. Can any one tell me how?
by Pete eoriatti at 12:01 AM on August 16, 2009
would love to buy the documentary and would was the young man back stage??
by Holly at 12:05 AM on September 7, 2009
Thanks so much for your interest in Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music. You can indeed buy the DVD at the POV Amazon Store at http://astore.amazon.com/adi00-20/detail/B00004TBTJ. POV also sees a small donation from Amazon for every purchase made in the store.
Another viewer identified the young man backstage as Canadian Don Freed. You can find him on Wikipedia under Don Freed. Not to be mistaken with the American Playwright Donald Freed. (I'm pretty sure that's correct, but we can doublecheck for you.)
Best-
Theresa @ POV
by Theresa Riley at 4:20 PM on September 10, 2009
i met Johny Cash in austin texas when he had just been released from incarceration,we both were at that moment without money and he invited me to accompany him to drinking places where he played a guitar and i collected money -we soon had a good amount but he abandoned me with my share of the money,someone later told me he had left me money in a will,does anyone know anything about this?
by samuel miller at 10:38 AM on October 2, 2009