John Denver: Country Boy
2013
Action / Biography / Documentary / Music

John Denver: Country Boy
2013
Action / Biography / Documentary / Music
Plot summary
This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, his subsequent stardom, his popularity decline, and his tragic death at age 53.
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Think what you like about the man.
A must for fans
I'd started to watch this thinking it would be a television program featuring John Denver in sort of a concert. What I got was an hour-long biography, and I'm glad I saw it.
Yes, it did feature a lot of Denver's music, but of course in segments interspersed with the voiceovers of the narrator and people from his live.
You get insight from Annie (of Annie's Song), his second wife, his younger brother, his son, his second wife, Jerry Weintraub (who managed him for many years ... and others.
You'll find out things about his early years you probably didn't know about, and sadly, also about his last years.
It's an interesting and moving story.