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Walk the Line

  • 20052005
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 16m
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Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (2005)
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A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Pres... Read allA chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
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    • James Mangold
  • Writers
    • Johnny Cash(book "Man in Black")
    • Gill Dennis
    • James Mangold
  • Stars
    • Joaquin Phoenix
    • Reese Witherspoon
    • Ginnifer Goodwin
    • James Mangold
  • Writers
    • Johnny Cash(book "Man in Black")
    • Gill Dennis
    • James Mangold
  • Stars
    • Joaquin Phoenix
    • Reese Witherspoon
    • Ginnifer Goodwin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 932User reviews
    • 268Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Joaquin Phoenix
    Joaquin Phoenix
    • John R. Cash
    Reese Witherspoon
    Reese Witherspoon
    • June Carter
    Ginnifer Goodwin
    Ginnifer Goodwin
    • Vivian Cash
    Robert Patrick
    Robert Patrick
    • Ray Cash
    Dallas Roberts
    Dallas Roberts
    • Sam Phillips
    Dan John Miller
    Dan John Miller
    • Luther Perkins
    Larry Bagby
    Larry Bagby
    • Marshall Grant
    Shelby Lynne
    Shelby Lynne
    • Carrie Cash
    Tyler Hilton
    Tyler Hilton
    • Elvis Presley
    Waylon Payne
    Waylon Payne
    • Jerry Lee Lewis
    • (as Waylon Malloy Payne)
    Shooter Jennings
    Shooter Jennings
    • Waylon Jennings
    Sandra Ellis Lafferty
    Sandra Ellis Lafferty
    • Maybelle Carter
    Dan Beene
    • Ezra Carter
    Clay Steakley
    Clay Steakley
    • W.S. 'Fluke' Holland
    Johnathan Rice
    Johnathan Rice
    • Roy Orbison
    John Holiday
    John Holiday
    • Carl Perkins
    • (as Johnny Holiday)
    Ridge Canipe
    Ridge Canipe
    • Young J.R.
    Lucas Till
    Lucas Till
    • Young Jack Cash
      • James Mangold
    • Writers
      • Johnny Cash(book "Man in Black") (book "Cash: The Autobiography")
      • Gill Dennis
      • James Mangold
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      When Johnny Cash wakes up on the tour bus, just after the Folsom Prison performance, he walks past guitarist Luther Perkins, who is passed out with a lit cigarette in his mouth, and puts the cigarette out. Perkins died a few months after the "At Folsom Prison" recording and performance. He fell asleep in his Tennessee house with a lit cigarette in his mouth, and died from injuries sustained in the resulting fire.
    • Goofs
      "I Still Miss Someone" was about June Carter Cash, not Jack. "Walk the Line" was about Johnny Cash's first wife, Vivian.
    • Quotes

      Record Company Executive: Your fans are church folk, Johnny. Christians. They don't wanna hear you singing to a bunch of murderers and rapists, tryin' to cheer 'em up.

      Johnny Cash: [pause] Well, they're not Christians, then.

    • Crazy credits
      In the opening credits, Robert Patrick's name appears to pass through the prison bars, like his T-1000 character did in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
    • Alternate versions
      Originally released on DVD in its theatrical incarnation. An extended cut, adding about 16 minutes worth of additional footage into the movie, was released later on. The French Blu-Ray version contains the extended cut, while the American version contains the theatrical version.
    • Connections
      Featured in HBO First Look: Walk the Line (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Cocaine Blues
      aka "Transfusion Blues"

      Written by Red Arnall (as T.J. Arnall)

      Performed by Joaquin Phoenix

    User reviews932

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    Featured review
    8/10
    worthy of its subject matter, truthful
    Whenever I see so much "Oscar worthy" tags/blurbs in an ad campaign I get nervous, see Cinderella Man. Usually you look closely at the fine print and see that the esteemed critic lauding the film is Joe Schmoe from the One Stop Light Bugle Press in Buttcreek, Illinois or a low level flunky who just happens to work for the media conglomerate that is distributing the film. So my heart sank a little when a film I have been eagerly awaiting was swaddled with such praise when the ads hit the air.

    But they're right for once.

    Joaquin Phoenix wears Johnny Cash like a suit. He isn't doing a Rich Little impersonation, you don't rub your eyes in disbelief, but he channels a man so distinct in appearance and voice to a level that is beyond admirable. One of the traits that made Johnny Cash a legend was that nobody sounded or looked like him. Short of a computer generated Cash walking around in his own bio-pic like one of those John Wayne beer commercials this is the definitive representation.

    And yet Phoenix may not give the best performance in the film.

    Reese Witherspoon more than holds up her end in a role that easily could have been reduced to a clichéd bumpkin. Witherspoon portrays the on-stage June in the way June portrayed her own "character", the stage persona that people adored, while giving her the resolve and inner strength to be the woman who tamed a hell-bent, grizzly bear of a man like John.

    The chemistry of Phoenix and Witherspoon together in any scene, but their on-stage duets in particular, are truthful in a way that resonates long after the credits. I know that unless you have been living in a cave for the past week you have likely been bombarded with the word that the actors sing themselves without use of lip syncing. I have never been a fan of musicals, or even musical performances in a film. They generally seem forced and uncomfortable to me, the moment when I stop experiencing the story and feel reminded that I am watching a movie. I never felt that in this film. I never felt that their singing took the focus of the film, but the performances work with the story like no other music bio I have ever seen. I never felt as if I was being led through the catalog, the songs felt as organic and natural as any spoken dialog in a great narrative.

    This film far exceeded my expectations and afforded me the first trip home from a theater with a true feeling of satisfaction in a very, very long time. Highly recommended.
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    • Release date
      • November 18, 2005 (United States)
      • Germany
      • United States
      • Twentieth Century Fox (United States)
      • English
      • Russian
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    • Filming locations
      • Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fox 2000 Pictures
      • Tree Line Film
      • Konrad Pictures
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    • 2 hours 16 minutes
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