Be Here to Love Me
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| Be Here to Love Me | |
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| Directed by | Margaret Brown |
| Produced by | Margaret Brown Sam Brumbaugh |
| Starring | Joe Ely Guy Clark Willie Nelson Kris Kristofferson Donna Spence |
| Music by | Jonathan McHugh |
| Cinematography | Lee Daniel |
| Editing by | Karen Skloss Don Howard |
| Distributed by | Palm Pictures (USA) |
| Release date(s) | May 2006 |
| Running time | 100 mins |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
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Be Here To Love Me is a 2006 film directed by Margaret Brown that chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of American singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. The film combines interviews Van Zandt's immediate family and contemporaries such as Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle and Guy Clark with rare footage of Van Zandt at home and in performance.
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As a musician and songwriter, Townes Van Zandt was legendary, inspiring artists from Bob Dylan to Norah Jones to Steve Earle among many others. In the years since his death in 1997 he has become widely regarded as one of the greatest American musicians of his generation.
