The GRACELESS AGE THE BALLAD OF JOHN MURRY Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: THE GRACELESS AGE: THE BALLAD OF JOHN MURRY" is a deeply moving documentary that captures the turbulent yet inspiring life of American singer-songwriter John Murry. Best known for his acclaimed album "The Graceless Age," Murry's life took a dramatic turn due to heroin addiction and personal challenges. This film intimately chronicles his journey from the brink of despair in Ireland to facing his past in Mississippi and finding creative rebirth in Toronto with music legend Mike Timmins.
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00:00 (waves crashing)
00:02 How did this happen?
00:08 You make an album that people call genius
00:11 and you end up broke, exiled from your country
00:14 and without those that you love.
00:16 I grew up in Mississippi.
00:28 I often felt like an outsider there.
00:30 When I made my first album, "The Greatest Age,"
00:37 I wanted to exercise everything
00:39 that I couldn't tolerate within.
00:40 Life hasn't followed the path
00:43 that I thought I had charted out for it.
00:46 We knew we had a job problem.
00:48 I made a mess of everything.
00:49 Why does destruction run in my families,
00:56 both adopted and biological?
00:58 There's something in us.
01:01 And their ancestors in mine.
01:05 Faulkner's writings helped me understand the family
01:08 that I was adopted into.
01:10 There's Dr. Murray right there.
01:12 That'd be my great, great grandfather.
01:13 That's my great grandfather.
01:14 Your great grandfather.
01:16 John Murray, his debut solo CD just out today.
01:19 One online reviewer called it
01:21 the most beautiful song ever written.
01:24 ♪ This is what I am ♪
01:27 ♪ This is what I do ♪
01:30 I had to make some sort of piece with it all.
01:32 Liam Faulkner said, "The story is in you.
01:40 "It's gotta come out."
01:43 ♪ And I'm on to something ♪
01:47 (audience cheering)
01:50 (upbeat music)