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Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons

6.6 90 mins Documentary   Music   2004
Director(s): Gandulf Hennig

Release Date: 01 Thu, Jan 2004

On September 19, 1973, the musician and heir to a million-dollar fortune died under the influence of drugs and alcohol near his favourite place - the Joshua Tree National Monument in the Californian desert. As the founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers, a member of the hit-making, legendary Byrds, an important influence on the Rolling Stones and the man who catapulted Emmylou Harris to fame, Gram Parsons made music history in only a few years. Friends, contemporaries and devotees of Gram Parsons talk about the importance of his work and the bizarre circumstances of his early death. Rare footage of his performances shows why Gram Parsons has become a legend. Interviewees include Gram's wife Gretchen, his sister and his daughter, Keith Richards, Emmylou Harris, Chris Hillman and "Road Manager" Phil Kaufman.

Casts of Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons

as Self (archive footage)

Peter Buck

as Self - R.E.M.

Pamela Des Barres

as Self - Writer

Emmylou Harris

as Self - Musician

Chris Hillman

as Self - Musician

Phil Kaufman

as Self - Road Manager

Diane Parsons

as Self - Gram's Sister

Keith Richards

as Self

Dwight Yoakam

as Self - Musician

Bernie Leadon

as Self - Musician

John Nuese

as Self

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