Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004)

Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.

Director:

Margaret Brown

Stars:

Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Ely	...	Self - Musician
Guy Clark	...	Self - Musician
Willie Nelson	...	Self - Musician
Kris Kristofferson	...	Self - Musician
Donna Spence	...	Self - Sister
Ann Rice	...	Self - First Cousin
Luke Sharpe	...	Self - High School Classmate
John Ruehl	...	Self - Shattuck Classmate
Bob 'Maverick' Myrick	...	Self - College Roommate
Frank 'Chito' Greer	...	Self - Friend
Fran Lohr	...	Self - First Wife
Jerry Jeff Walker	...	Self - Musician
Kevin Eggers	...	Self - Record Producer and Label Owner
Wrecks Bell	...	Self - Bass Player
David Olney	...	Self - Musician

Storyline

Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.

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Plot Keywords:

townes van zandt | love | wine | wheelchair | wedding | 

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Taglines:

What would you sacrifice to follow your dream?

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Quotes

William Hedgepeth - Audio Conversations with Townes Van Zandt: How come most of your songs are sad songs?
Townes van Zandt: I don't think they're all that sad. I have a few that aren't sad, they're like... hopeless. Totally hopeless situation and the rest aren't sad they're just the way it goes. I mean you know you don't think life's sad.

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Connections

Features Heartworn Highways (1976)

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Soundtracks

Waitin' Round to Die
Written by Townes van Zandt
Performed by Townes van Zandt
Courtesy of Tomato Records
Copywright: BUG

User Reviews

For fans this is a must see classic. for the rest of us this is an okay look at a guy who wrote songs

The life and times of songwriter Townes Van Zandt told through clips, interviews and his music.

I always knew the name but never had any idea what he wrote. The one song you're probably most likely to know is Poncho and Lefty which was a hit for Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson And Merle Haggard. This documentary filled me in, to some degree, on the man and his music, but it never really made me understand the man any more than I did before. The film certainly didn't turn me into a fan of his. Townes was an amazing songwriter who said his songs were "mostly sad and the rest are hopeless". He wrote, performed and then drank and did drugs in order to deal with his personal demons. I'm really not to sure what those demons were, they just were sort of there, or so it seems from the movie. The movie isn't clear about many details in Townes life, its really just a portrait of the man as a person you might meet on the street, it doesn't really give you any sense of what he did (other than write songs) or when he did it. He had some kids and he had some wives, but there isn't really any attempt to sort that out, nor is there any attempt to give you any sense of what he did other than write songs (this is not a movie to see if you want dates and places) Its a good movie. Its not a great one. It does give you a sense of who this person was as if he were a random person, but it doesn't really tell us why he is so important and so well loved. For me its a bunch of people telling his story and saying he's great, but not explaining why. I enjoyed it, but I really wish I knew more about him other than he wrote songs.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 December 2005 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,098, 4 December 2005

Gross USA:

$129,988

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$129,988

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rake Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min 99 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Color:

Color