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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697

    The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

    The Gift The Journey of Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash stands among the giants of 20th century American life. But his story remains tangled in mystery and myth. This documentary, created with the full cooperation of the Cash estate and rich in recently discovered archival materials, brings Cash the man out from behind the legend. Taking the remarkable Folsom Prison recording as a central motif and featuring interviews with family and celebrated collaborators, the film explores the artistic victories, the personal tragedies, the struggles with addiction, and the spiritual pursuits that colored Johnny Cash's life.

    Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

    DIRECTOR

    CREDITS

    Director: Thom Zimny
    Executive Producer: Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern, Jeff Pollack, John Carter Cash, Josh Matas, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Ryan Friedkin, Jasmine Daghighian
    Producer: Glen Zipper, Sean Stuart, Jillian Apfelbaum, Thom Zimny
    Screenwriter: Warren Zanes
    Cinematographer: Nicola Marsh, Charles Libin
    Editor: Chris Iversen
    Music: Mike McCready



    Year: 2019
    Premiere Status: World Premiere
    Genre: Documentary, Music
    Screening Section: 24 Beats Per Second
    Screening Format: Documentary Feature
    Country: United States
    Language: English
    Runtime: 94:00 mins
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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697

    Check out The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, a documentary on the legendary musician's life with a score by Mike McCready screening at SXSW: pj.lnk.to/SXSWFp

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    i got idi got id Posts: 862
    Hoping to get into the premier tonight. Any chance Mike shows?
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    i got idi got id Posts: 862
    Missed the premier as it filled up quickly. Anyone make it in to see it? Will be trying for a showing on Thursday. 
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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697

    The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (OFFICIAL)

    Sat Mar 16
    10:45AM - 12:19PM
    Badge / Wristband Required

    ​Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz




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    i got idi got id Posts: 862
    We went to see it today. Great film with a ton of great footage and tapes from Johnny Cash. Mikes score was great too!
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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697

    Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready Talks Scoring Johnny Cash Doc ‘Te Gift’

    “I actually sung a song [at Cash’s studio], which is terrifying to me,” Pearl Jam guitarist says

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    Pearl Jam's Mike McCready talks scoring the Johnny Cash documentary 'The Gift.'

    Earlier this year, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready completed the music for a new documentary, The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, which premiered this week at South by Southwest. The movie, directed by Thom Zimny (Elvis Presley: The Searcher), uses archival footage and interviews with Cash’s family and friends and attempts to add color to the story of the Man in Black. It also proved to be a transformative experience for McCready.

    “I got to actually go to his house and play at his studio, which was a total honor,” McCready tells Rolling Stone. “I actually sung a song there, which is terrifying to me, because I’ve been around so many amazing singers in my life.”

    The guitarist credits some of that courage to sing from his recent collaboration with visual artist Kate Neckel, Infinite Sound and Color. He’s helped her to feel more comfortable making music, and she has encouraged him to embrace his artistic sensibilities, something he’d long denied after growing up in a household where his art-teacher mother had surrounded him with works of the Old Masters that intimidated him. Both McCready and Neckel told Rolling Stone in a recent feature that they had forced themselves to be more vulnerable and embrace the things that scared them. “That’s part of this vulnerability,” McCready says of working on the Cash doc. “I think this project with Kate helped me have the confidence to sing. I never felt comfortable singing.”

    He’s happy that working on the music for The Gift occurred at the same time he was working on Infinite Sound and Color. Neckel says it became part of one artistic confluence. “When Mike was working on the Johnny Cash thing, I was sitting down at the studio [with him], and he just passes me a guitar,” she says. “He’s like, ‘Here. Start drawing on this guitar with a Sharpie.’ That’s how our whole process has been. It’s super organic and natural. It’s never serious. It’s like, ‘Here, let’s try this.'”

    As for Pearl Jam, McCready says he hopes to work on something new with them soon. “We haven’t done anything since we were on the road last year,” he says. “I’m not sure what we’re doing. I’d love to do something, but I don’t have anything right now on the table. We just had a big touring year last year, and two giant shows in Seattle for a homeless benefit. And those were amazing and exhausting and exhilarating. When we all get back together, I’m sure we’ll be creating again. But I don’t have any timeline on that right now.”

    In the meantime, McCready and Neckel are prepping the opening of their Infinite Color & Sound exhibition, Sway. It opens at Seattle’s Winston Wächter Fine Art gallery on March 22nd.

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    demetrios said:

    Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready Talks Scoring Johnny Cash Doc ‘Te Gift’

    “I actually sung a song [at Cash’s studio], which is terrifying to me,” Pearl Jam guitarist says

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    Pearl Jam's Mike McCready talks scoring the Johnny Cash documentary 'The Gift.'

    Earlier this year, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready completed the music for a new documentary, The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, which premiered this week at South by Southwest. The movie, directed by Thom Zimny (Elvis Presley: The Searcher), uses archival footage and interviews with Cash’s family and friends and attempts to add color to the story of the Man in Black. It also proved to be a transformative experience for McCready.

    “I got to actually go to his house and play at his studio, which was a total honor,” McCready tells Rolling Stone. “I actually sung a song there, which is terrifying to me, because I’ve been around so many amazing singers in my life.”

    The guitarist credits some of that courage to sing from his recent collaboration with visual artist Kate Neckel, Infinite Sound and Color. He’s helped her to feel more comfortable making music, and she has encouraged him to embrace his artistic sensibilities, something he’d long denied after growing up in a household where his art-teacher mother had surrounded him with works of the Old Masters that intimidated him. Both McCready and Neckel told Rolling Stone in a recent feature that they had forced themselves to be more vulnerable and embrace the things that scared them. “That’s part of this vulnerability,” McCready says of working on the Cash doc. “I think this project with Kate helped me have the confidence to sing. I never felt comfortable singing.”

    He’s happy that working on the music for The Gift occurred at the same time he was working on Infinite Sound and Color. Neckel says it became part of one artistic confluence. “When Mike was working on the Johnny Cash thing, I was sitting down at the studio [with him], and he just passes me a guitar,” she says. “He’s like, ‘Here. Start drawing on this guitar with a Sharpie.’ That’s how our whole process has been. It’s super organic and natural. It’s never serious. It’s like, ‘Here, let’s try this.'”

    As for Pearl Jam, McCready says he hopes to work on something new with them soon. “We haven’t done anything since we were on the road last year,” he says. “I’m not sure what we’re doing. I’d love to do something, but I don’t have anything right now on the table. We just had a big touring year last year, and two giant shows in Seattle for a homeless benefit. And those were amazing and exhausting and exhilarating. When we all get back together, I’m sure we’ll be creating again. But I don’t have any timeline on that right now.”

    In the meantime, McCready and Neckel are prepping the opening of their Infinite Color & Sound exhibition, Sway. It opens at Seattle’s Winston Wächter Fine Art gallery on March 22nd.

    There you go. Pretty well confirms it. Good for Mike. The wait continues.
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    treestrees Columbus OHIO Posts: 1,806
    Want too see this ,will it be made to dvd or at any theaters?


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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697
    trees said:
    Want too see this ,will it be made to dvd or at any theaters?
    Same here. Maybe Thom Zimny will put it up on HBO soon.
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    treestrees Columbus OHIO Posts: 1,806
    Or just make a DVD THEN we could easy watch it


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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697
    trees said:
    Or just make a DVD THEN we could easy watch it
    Indeed! 
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    treestrees Columbus OHIO Posts: 1,806
    Is. A Cd of soundtrack coming out ?


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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697
    trees said:
    Is. A Cd of soundtrack coming out ?
    Haven't heard anything yet on a CD release. Crossing fingers there will be one like Thom Zimny did for his Elvis release.
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    treestrees Columbus OHIO Posts: 1,806
    demetrios said:
    trees said:
    Is. A Cd of soundtrack coming out ?
    Haven't heard anything yet on a CD release. Crossing fingers there will be one like Thom Zimny did for his Elvis release.
    That Elvis release is nice,


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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697

    New Johnny Cash Documentary will be available online

    A new Johnny Cash documentary is set to debut on YouTube October 8th. “The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash,” directed by Thom Zimny, looks back on Cash’s artistic triumphs, as well as his personal struggles, including his battle with addiction.

    The 90-minute doc, which debuted at the SXSW film festival, features original music composed and performed by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, with a companion soundtrack, “The Gift: The Journey Of Johnny Cash (The Original Soundtrack),” set to drop sometime this fall.

    Source: Music Row




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    See Johnny Cash’s New ‘The Gift’ Documentary Trailer



    Johnny Cash believed he was born to sing and perform. But his gift was not without hardship. Discover the true story of Johnny’s rise, fall, and rebirth from his own words as well as those closest to him. Catch The Gift when it premieres November 11. Watch it free with ads or get YouTube Premium to watch ad-free with exclusive bonus footage. Learn more at: https://support.google.com/youtube/an... Check out YouTube Premium at: https://www.youtube.com/premium/origi... See if Premium is available in your country at: https://support.google.com/youtube/an... The Original Soundtrack to the documentary will be available on November 8, featuring essential Johnny Cash recordings & original score by Mike McCready incorporating exclusive interview soundbites with Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, and others. Pre order now. Subscribe to the official Johnny Cash YouTube Channel: https://JohnnyCash.lnk.to/subscribeYD



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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697
    Feature-length Johnny Cash documentary to be released on YouTube


    The 90-minute release was directed by Thom Zimny, who previously won an Emmy for Netflix‘s Springsteen on Broadway. Its original score comes from Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready.

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    YouTube Announces First-Ever ‘Cash Fest’ Event in Nashville on November 10 Celebrating Release of YouTube Originals Documentary ‘The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash’

    Thursday, October 24, 2019
    ‘Cash Fest’ to Celebrate the Music of the Legendary Johnny Cash with Charity Concert Featuring Performances from Little Big Town, Perry & Etty Farrell, Matt Shultz Of Cage The Elephant, Elle King, Midland, Judah & The Lion, Cam, Grace Potter and More. Tickets on Sale Today!


    In celebration of the November 11 premiere of the YouTube Originals documentary, "The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash," The Johnny Cash Trust and The Best Fest, in partnership with YouTube, are bringing fans the first-ever Cash Fest, an unprecedented charity concert in Nashville honoring the music of the legendary Johnny Cash. The revue-style show, taking place November 10 at the War Memorial Auditorium, will feature an all-star lineup performing their favorite Johnny Cash songs—including Drew & Ellie Holcomb, Devin Dawson, John Oates, Lucie Silvas, Wilder Woods, and more. Tickets for the event are available now: http://bit.ly/cashfest. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit MusiCares®, helping musicians with critical assistance in times of need. In addition to the stellar Cash Fest lineup of all-stars, the event will also feature an incredible house band of seasoned musicians that have shared the stage with some of music’s most celebrated artists. Johnny Cash fans in the audience will also get a sneak peek of the documentary, with clips playing throughout the evening ahead of its YouTube debut. The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (TRAILER), created with the full cooperation of the Cash estate and rich in recently discovered archival materials, brings Cash the man out from behind the legend. Taking the remarkable Folsom Prison recording as a central motif and featuring interviews with family and celebrated collaborators, the 90-minute documentary from Emmy Award-winning director Thom Zimny (Elvis Presley: The Searcher, Springsteen on Broadway) explores the artistic victories, the personal tragedies, the struggles with addiction, and the spiritual pursuits that colored Johnny Cash's life. The documentary will be available for free on YouTube Originals on November 11. "The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash" is directed by Thom Zimny and produced by Thom Zimny, Glen Zipper, Sean Stuart and Jillian Apfelbaum. Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern, Jeff Pollack, John Carter Cash, Josh Matas, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Ryan Friedkin and Jasmine Daghighian serve as executive producers. The documentary is an Imperative Entertainment and Kennedy/Marshall production in association with Sutter Road Picture Company and The John R Cash Trust. The original composition for this project was composed and performed by Mike McCready. The documentary originally made its debut in March at the SXSW Film Festival and also screened recently at the 50th Annual Nashville Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival as part of the event’s Backlot Series. "The Gift: The Journey Of Johnny Cash: Original Score Music From A Film By Thom Zimny," will be released in November by Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. To purchase tickets to Cash Fest, please visit http://bit.ly/cashfest. All ticket net proceeds will benefit MusiCares. For event details, please visit https://www.wmarocks.com/event/cash-fest/. Follow @youtubemusic on social for additional behind-the-scenes event captures.




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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697
    Awaiting CD / vinyl pre order ..
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    https://www.facebook.com/196044303765874/posts/2531870593516555/?substory_index=0

    We're excited that the proceeds from #CashFest in Nashville, celebrating the premiere of YouTube's ‘The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash,' will go to #MusiCares! 

    🎸Support by purchasing your tickets today: bit.ly/cashfest #JohnnyCashTheGift


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    demetriosdemetrios Canada Posts: 87,697
    Next Monday!
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    The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, Music from the Film by Thom Zimny – Original Score by Johnny Cash & Mike McCready (Sony) (DL)


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