Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself (21 Jul. 2010)

Director:

Gandulf Hennig

Writer:

Gandulf Hennig

Stars:

Dave Alvin, John Carter Cash, Robert Duvall

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Dave Alvin	...	Himself
John Carter Cash	...	Himself
Robert Duvall	...	Himself
Jason Fine	...	Himself
John Fogerty	...	Himself
Billy Gibbons	...	Himself
Peter Guralnick	...	Himself
Merle Haggard	...	Himself
Gerald Haslam	...	Himself
Alison Krauss	...	Herself
Kris Kristofferson	...	Himself
Ray Price	...	Himself
Keith Richards	...	Himself
Marty Stuart	...	Himself
Tanya Tucker	...	Herself

Storyline

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History | Music | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spothouse GmbH, Thirteen for WNET.org

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Reactionary but true

Merle Haggard is known to many, I guess, as a reactionary old country singer; but he emerges in a more interesting light in this (admittedly very sympathetic) documentary. His authentic interest in the music he loves, his unbombastic kind of patriotism, and his acute personal shyness are all appealing qualities; he comes across as a very private person trying to be as open as possible for the film-makers, but also as someone who, one can easily imagine, it might be hard to feel one really knows. The film glosses over the failure of his marriages - whatever sort of person you are, a marriage doesn't just end without some event - but still has a ring of truth to it. And although his life story starts interesting, and becomes less so, the man himself draws one's attention throughout.