Basic
Info
Title:
Walk the Line
Genre:
Biography, Drama, Music
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Running
time: 136 minutes
Release
date: September 4, 2005 (Telluride Film
Festival), November 18, 2005 (United States)
Staff
Director:
James Mangold
Producer:
James Keach, Cathy Konrad
Written
by: Gill Dennis, James Mangold
Music:
T Bone Burnett
Cinematography:
Phedon Papamichael
Edited
by: Michael McCusker
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash
Reese Witherspoon as June Carter
Ginnifer Goodwin as Vivian Cash
Robert Patrick as Ray Cash
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| Joaquin Phoenix |
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| Reese Witherspoon |
Summary
“Walk the Line” is a 2005 American film directed by James Mangold. Co-written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, the screenplay is based on two autobiographies "Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words (1975)" and "Cash: The Autobiography (1997)" written by singer-songwriter Johnny Cash.
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| Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words |
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| Cash: The Autobiography |
The film follows Cash's
early life, his romance with June Carter, and his rise in popularity in the
country music scene. In the film, Joaquin Phoenix stars as Cash, Reese
Witherspoon as Carter, and Ginnifer Goodwin as Cash's first wife Vivian
Liberto.
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| Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash |
The film previewed at the Telluride
Film Festival on September 4, 2005, and released on November 18. The film,
which received positive reviews from critics, was nominated for five Oscars at
the 78th Academy Awards.
Movie
Review
“Great film”
“The best film of 2005”
“Excellent”
“Joaquin Phoenix is
brutally hot as Johnny Cash”
“Magical performance by
Reese Witherspoon”
“Johnny would be proud”
“Fantastic”
“One of the Best and Most
Beautiful Movies of the 2000s”
“Johnny Cash and June
Carter a wonderful combination”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sang all of the songs themselves without dubbing and learned to play their instruments (guitar and auto-harp).
2. The film was screened for the
prisoners of Folsom Prison, 38 years after Johnny Cash's landmark performance.
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| Johnny Cash, live at Folsom Prison (1968) |
3. Waylon Payne originally
auditioned for the role of Waylon Jennings. Director James Mangold was so
impressed by Payne's audition that he cast Payne as Jerry Lee Lewis.
Interestingly, the actor who played the role of Waylon Jennings was Waylon's
son, Shooter Jennings.
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| Jerry Lee Lewis |
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| Shooter Jennings |
4. Johnny Cash approved Joaquin
Phoenix to play him in the film because he liked his performance in Gladiator
(2000). June Carter Cash also approved Reese Witherspoon for her role in the
film.
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| Gladiator (2000) |
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