Cash's Hometown: Dyess, Arkansas (Clip 2 of 3)
Johnny Cash visits his childhood home in Arkansas.
Johnny Cash's Childhood Home (Clip 3 of 3)
Cash visits his childhood home in Dyess, Arkansas.
Performance: Five Feet High and Rising (Clip 1 of 3)
Johnny Cash performs his song, Five Feet High and Rising.
Learn more about: Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
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Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music (90 min.)
Premiere Date: August 5, 2008
Encore Broadcast Date: Aug. 4, 2009
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Trailer: Link
Filmmaker: Robert Elfstrom Bio | Interview
Press: Fact Sheet | Critical Acclaim | Press Release
In the middle of the song, both John and Bob [Dylan] forgot the lyrics. So the recording session stopped while people scampered around the Columbia Records building trying to find the lyrics to a Bob Dylan song.”
— Robert Elfstrom, Filmmaker
August 5, 2008
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Robert Elfstrom’s magnificent 1969 documentary Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music ranks among the most comprehensive and effective cinematic presentations of the late Cash’s persona and impact.”
&mdash Ron Wynn
Nashville City Paper
Elfstrom’s film is a book of quiet revelations.”
— Matt Zoller Seitz
Time Out New York
