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Movie Release: 1969 DVD Release: 08/15/2000 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Cherry Red Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Music, Biography, Music History, Vocal Music See Also: Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music, Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music

Legendary country singer and songwriter Johnny Cash was just beginning to break through to a new level of mainstream recognition with the success of his classic Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison album when filmmaker Robert Elfstrom spent several months on the road with Cash, attempting to capture both the public and private sides of the man. Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music was the result, a profile of the artist which includes visits to the sharecropping farms where Cash spent his childhood; a recording session with Cash and Bob Dylan; reminiscences of growing up in the rural South from Johnny and his friend Carl Perkins; concerts in penitentiaries and Indian reservations; Cash bantering with his wife, June Carter Cash, and reuniting with his family; and performances of a number of his best-known songs. Originally produced for British television, Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music pleased Cash enough that he later hired director Elfstrom to helm his film about Jesus Christ in the Holy Lands, The Gospel Road. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This DVD documents a tour by country music legend Johnny Cash. Recorded over a series of U.S. dates during the late 1960s, the disc features over 20 performances of Cash's biggest and best-loved hits. The image on the disc is a standard full-frame 1.33:1 transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions. Although there are no extra features on the disc, Cash fans will savor the behind-the-scenes footage spliced between the fantastic musical numbers. This disc makes an interesting companion to Don't Look Back, a Bob Dylan tour documentary from the same period. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide