From Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home The two-part film, which runs three and a half hours, was directed by Martin Scorsese, edited by David Tedeschi and produced by Lacy of Thirteen/WNET New York, Jeff Rosen of Grey Water Park Productions, Nigel Sinclair of Spitfire Pictures and Anthony Wall of BBC's Arena series. The other producing companies include Sikelia Productions, in co-production with Vulcan Productions and NHK. The production will also air on BBC on the same nights. In addition, Paramount Home Entertainment will release the DVD version of the documentary on September 20. And in
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