Personality Crisis: One Night Only
“The band every band loved. The man nobody could define.”
A portrait of musician David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi featuring a live performance at Café Carlyle in New York City, where he performs as Buster Poindexter singing the Johansen songbook, along with new and archival interviews.
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David Johansen
Self / Buster Poindexter
Known for
Scrooged
Mr. Nanny
Penny Arcade
Self
Also in
This Side of Heaven
You're So Dead
Sylvain Sylvain
Self
Also in
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
Johnny Thunders: Madrid Memory
Morrissey
Self
Also in
Morrissey - 25 Live
Morrissey: Who Put the 'M' in Manchester?
Ray Grappone
Self
Leah Hennessey
Self
Also in
Teenage
The Sarah Vaccine
Hal Willner
Self
Also in
Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley: You and I
Debbie Harry
Self
Known for
Videodrome
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Johnny Thunders
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Mona and I
Arthur Kane
Self (archive footage)
Also in
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
Billy Murcia
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Nolan
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
What About Me
Martin Scorsese Director · David Tedeschi Director Ellen Kuras Cinematographer
United States release April 14, 2023 · Produced in United States · Production Imagine Documentaries, Showtime Documentary Films
Production
Sikelia Productions
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Imagine Documentaries
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Showtime Documentary Films
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · October 12, 2022
Digital
United States · April 14, 2023
Digital · Showtime
United States
October 12, 2022 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
April 14, 2023 · TV · Showtime
Puerto Rico
April 14, 2023 · Digital · Showtime
April 14, 2023 · TV · Showtime
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