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 enlarge | Director: Robert Elfstrom
Actors: Johnny Cash, Anita Carter, June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Mother Maybelle Carter
Studio: Music Video Distributors
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 43196
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Import, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5013929920255
ASIN: B00004TBTJ
Theatrical Release Date: June 13, 2000
Release Date: June 13, 2000
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 Hello - This Ain't Johnny Cash July 8, 2001
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
What a low-down-egg-suckin'-dog-shame. I was SO looking forward to getting this disk. Imagine, a man who is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Song Writers Hall of Fame. Can't say ANYTHING good about the disk. The sound quality is not there at all. The picture quality is not there either. I think the general idea of the presentation might be ok, they just missed the mark. In years to come, I hope someone doesn't come across THIS disk and wonder how the guy depicted could have received so many awards. Leave this disk at the supplier and get the George Jones instead.
Waste of a DVD March 1, 2003
8 out of 30 found this review helpful
This is absolutely not what I expected. This DVD is a series of bad home movies of Johnny Cash. I expected some "professional" footage with decent sound but this is NOT what I wanted. This one will go in the "trade-in" bunch. Too bad!
 Flawed but worth watching. July 19, 2002
Monty Spellerberg (Fresno, CA United States)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
This was,I believe, originally a CBS special. I think the crew only hung around a week or so. Mr. Cash never sounds comfortable in front of the camera. Or maybie he always talks like he's being interviewed. And I must mention the sound and picture quality leave a lot to be desired. A poor mans Don't Look Back.
Nevertheless, if you are a hard core fan of the man in black this DVD is essential. There is concert footage of Johnny along with the Carter Family and others. There is Johnny in the studio and a duet with Dylan. Incidently nearly everyone is less stiff than Johnny. I think a filmaker would have to follow him around for a couple of months before he would relax much. Oddly enough the most relaxed people seem to be the non celebrity's. If you are looking for a documentary masterpiece then pass this one by. If your a Cash completest then this film is indespencible. Fanatics of Dylan, the Carter Family or 70's Country then you will want this. Otherwise I'd leave it alone.
 A Rare Glimpse into the Man in Black's Life May 15, 2004
Mark Adams (Redwood Estates, CA United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Johnny Cash -- The Man, His World, His Music" might adequately be called a period piece. Filmed in an age when music and film were decidedly low-tech, this DVD, which was released in some theaters as a film, captures a raw image of the Man in Black. Indeed, the picture and sound suffer a bit, but I don't imagine anyone anticipated a DVD release (or DVDs for that matter). That makes this film all the more worthwhile: it's not showy. All the focus is on the music, and there's plenty of that. The DVD is a bit "campy", but I like it.
An Intimate Portrait April 12, 2006
Marie Tavlin (Minneapolis, MN United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I accidently came upon this film and it made me feel like I was five years old and opening a gift on Christmas morning. A life long fan of Johnny Cash, I found myself mesmerized by the intimate feeling created by the amatuer effect of the filming . There was something quietly magnificent about Johnny Cash that came through in his music, this film showed that magnificence through filming the quiet moments, whether it was as he listened to a hopeful singer or walked thoughtfully around the property and through house where he grew up.
I found the scene with his father riveting in light of what we now know of that relationship. It wasn't a long scene but in it John convinced his father to sing a short song, at first reticent, his father conceded and sang, he began to sweat so profusely that you had to feel sympathy for him but when the camera cut to John you could see in his eyes what it meant to him to have this moment with his father and family. I really loved the interactions he had with the diverse variety of people he came into contact with, it was a little like being a fly on the wall.
The performances were something to behold, especially the duet with a young and confident Bob Dylan. There was a scene where Cash was sitting in his living room talking about a song he had just written called "You are What I Need", which of course became the song Flesh and Blood. It was a beautiful thing to watch him sing this while it was still being fleshed out, and when he said that he wrote it while he was in one of his "long moods" I felt I understood something beyond words.
If you are not a true Cash fan, this DVD might not be for you. But for those out there who, like me, loved the music and the essence of it, Cash himself, this will be something you will treasure.
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