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

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Margaret Brown

Release Date:

22 December 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Music

Tagline:

What would you sacrifice to follow your dream?

Plot Keywords:

Concert Footage | Music Industry | Folk Music | Singer | Solo Performance

Cast

Townes van Zandt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joe Ely	...	Himself
Guy Clark	...	Himself
Willie Nelson	...	Himself
Kris Kristofferson	...	Himself
Donna Spence	...	Herself
Ann Rice	...	Herself
Luke Sharpe	...	Himself
John Ruehl	...	Himself
Bob 'Maverick' Myrick	...	Himself
Frank 'Chito' Greer	...	Himself
Fran Lohr	...	Herself
Jerry Jeff Walker	...	Himself
Kevin Eggers	...	Himself
Wrecks Bell	...	Himself
David Olney	...	Himself
J.T. Van Zandt	...	Himself
Steve Earle	...	Himself
Susanna Clark	...	Herself
Peggy Underwood	...	Herself
Leland Waddell	...	Himself
Cindy Van Zandt Lindgram	...	Herself
Katie Belle Van Zandt	...	Herself
Mickey White	...	Himself
John Lomax III	...	Himself
Harold Eggers	...	Himself
Will Van Zandt	...	Himself
Jeanene Van Zandt	...	Herself
Dylan Ferrero	...	Himself
Kinky Friedman	...	Himself
Emmylou Harris	...	Herself
Bob Moore	...	Himself
Steve Shelley	...	Himself
Tim Foljahn	...	Himself
Larry Monroe	...	Himself
Lyle Lovett	...	Himself
William Hedgepeth	...	Himself (archive sound)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lightnin Hopkins	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Lightnin' Hopkins)

Directed by
Margaret Brown

Produced by
Louis Black	....	executive producer
Margaret Brown	....	producer
Sam Brumbaugh	....	producer
Lisa Cohen	....	producer: imaging
Jannat Gargi	....	producer: imaging
K. Lynn Martin	....	associate producer (as Lynn Martin)
Chris Mattsson	....	executive producer
Ellen Naegeli	....	associate producer
Lecia Rosenthal	....	associate producer
Amy Shatsky-Gambrill	....	associate producer (as Amy Shatsky)
Paul Stekler	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Lee Daniel

Film Editing by
Don Howard
Karen Skloss
Michael Taylor

Production Management
Alka Bhanot	....	post-production supervisor
Dawn Cooper	....	production manager
David Fabelo	....	post-production supervisor
Jeff Nichols	....	production manager

Sound Department
Ethan Andrus	....	location sound
Wayne Bell	....	location sound
Tom Hammond	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alex Herrera	....	location sound
Bob Kellough	....	sound editor
Dennis Meehan	....	location sound
Thomas Morrison	....	location sound
Mike Swanner	....	location sound
Buckner Cooke	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lee Daniel	....	optical printer

Camera and Electrical Department
Frazer Bradshaw	....	additional cinematographer
Sam Henriques	....	additional camerawork
David Layton	....	additional camerawork
David Layton	....	assistant camera
David McGrath	....	assistant camera
P.K. Munson	....	assistant camera
Jen White	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Angie Alvarez	....	post-production coordinator (as Angela Alvarez)
Chris Blankenship	....	on-line editor
David Fabelo	....	assistant editor
Julian Londoño	....	second assistant editor (as Julian Londono)
Joe Malina	....	colorist
Bill Scott	....	senior color timer
Nick Smith	....	assistant on-line editor
Trae Stanley	....	assistant colorist

Music Department
Jonathan McHugh	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Jessica Berman Bogdan	....	clearance (as Jessica Berman-Bogden)
Joe Blink	....	intern
Amanda Bolles	....	production assistant
Christine Castano	....	intern
Ted Chase	....	production assistant
Lee Cohen	....	production assistant
Richard Cornelisse	....	intern
Sean William Cunningham	....	transcriber (as Sean Cunningham)
Jane Derryberry	....	production assistant
Paul Dumas	....	intern
Marc English	....	title designer
Vicki Faust	....	accountant
Mike Fellows	....	production assistant
Caroline Frick	....	archival researcher
Elizabeth Gaden	....	intern
Robert Garza	....	intern
Jay Hodges	....	intern
Christina Jarrous	....	intern
Julian Londoño	....	production assistant (as Julian Londono)
Melissa Mercer	....	intern
Melissa Mercer	....	production assistant
Sarah Munoz	....	production assistant
Steven Schechter	....	production counsel
George Sledge	....	production coordinator
Nick Smith	....	title designer
Francis Stafford	....	intern
Marcella Steingart	....	archival researcher
James Taylor	....	intern
Edward Tuddenham	....	production counsel
Jay Van Hoy	....	production coordinator
Deborah Wiley	....	accountant (as Deb Wiley)
Sian-Zee Wong	....	office manager
Diane Zilliox	....	intern
Tai-San Choo	....	office intern (uncredited)
Jason Perrine	....	office intern (uncredited)

Thanks
Michael Almereyda	....	thanks
Robert Bingham	....	in memory of
Johnny Guess	....	in memory of
Richard King	....	in memory of
Barbara Kopple	....	thanks
Traci Kristofferson	....	thanks
Richard Linklater	....	special thanks
Fran Lohr	....	special thanks
Mickey Newbury	....	in memory of
Chloë Sevigny	....	thanks
Peggy Underwood	....	in memory of
Jeanene Van Zandt	....	special thanks
J.T. Van Zandt	....	special thanks
Katie Belle Van Zandt	....	special thanks
Cindy Van Zandt Lindgram	....	special thanks
Will Van Zandt	....	special thanks
Jerry Jeff Walker	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Rake Films

Distributors

• Look Now! (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• MFA Filmdistribution (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Palm Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Look Now! (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Alphacine Laboratory Services  tape to film transfer (as AlphaCine)
• Austin Film Society  fiscal sponsor
• Cinetic Media  distribution advisory services
• Matchframe Digital Intermediate  production services (as Matchframe)
• Soundcrafter  sound re-recording

Runtime:

99 min | Argentina:99 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Rake Films

Movie Connections:

Features Heartworn Highways (1981)

Soundtrack:

If I Needed You

A Fine Tribute to America's Best Songwriter ever!

I was lucky enough to view this film at the Toronto Film Festival. As a longtime, and pretty rabid Townes Van Zandt fan, I was very impressed with the film. Director Margaret Brown did a fantastic job. Her film showed the tragedy, humor and beauty that made up Townes. I had a chance to talk to her briefly after the screening, and you could tell that this was really a labor of love. The interviews in this seem like a who's who of singer/songwriter music, featuring Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Guy Clark and many more. Hopefully it will find some sort of distribution on DVD. It is the type of film that deserves to be seen. Anyone who considers themselves a music fan should take any opportunity they have to see this film.