My Father and The Man In Black at the Fairfield Theatre Company

By Sam Carlson (Open Post)

“My Father and The Man In Black” is the only inside look at ‘bad boy’ Johnny Cash--as seen through the eyes of his longtime manager, Saul Holiff--the man who put Johnny together with June.

Don’t miss the award-winning movie The Guardian calls “A non-fiction ‘Walk the Line’” and The Village Voice calls “Extraordinary!”

Following his father’s suicide, director Jonathan Holiff discovers hundreds of letters and audio diaries, including recorded phone calls with Johnny Cash during his pill-fueled 1960s, triumphs at Folsom and San Quentin, marriage to June Carter, and his conversion in the early 1970s to born-again Christian.

These artifacts tell the story about how manager and singer collaborated to create a superstar, while each struggled with personal demons. A fascinating behind-the-scenes view of the complex relationship between the notorious singer and his exasperated manager--it is also a universal story about fathers and sons as Jonathan goes in search of his estranged father in the shadow of a legend.

WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING

“Complex and haunting “- The New York Times

“Extraordinary!”- The Village Voice

“A non-fiction ‘Walk The Line’”- The Financial Times

“A fresh angle on the Cash mythology.”- The Guardian [Theatrical review]

“Darkly affecting portrait-cum-exorcism”- The Guardian [TV review]

“The film is too damn interesting to be maudlin.”- RogerEbert.com

“An illuminating alternate history to “Walk the Line.”- Los Angeles Times

“Uniquely intertwined dual portrait of artist and manager.”- Variety

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