The oscarnominated movie walk the line will be released on dvd on feb. Walk the line is a 2005 american biographical musical romantic drama. Cashs daughter says walk the line biopic not accurate. If you watch the 2005 hit movie walk the line closely and perhaps.
Instead, its a drama about a man who happened to be a musical artist. Mangolds direction is capable, and the script stays fairly true to the biographies upon which it was based. Its been so hard, its been really, really one of the hardest. Walk the line 2005 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. His fingers were not low enough to play that high of a note on the e string. It stars joaquin phoenix as cash, reese witherspoon as carter, ginnifer goodwin as cashs first wife vivian liberto, and robert patrick as cashs father. Dont do speed or you will lose everything but gain a wife. The walk is the true story of a young dreamer, philippe petit, and a band of unlikely recruits who together achieve the impossible. This includes tyler hilton elvis presley and waylon payne jerry lee lewis. It tells the life story of johnny cash and his journey from a poor country boy to huge country star.
Towards the end of the movie, johnny tells his dad to tell the girls about the flood. The 2005 hit movie garnered many award nominations, with reese witherspoon, who portrayed june carter cash, winning an oscar for her performance. Walk the line 2005 cast and crew the rise of country music legend johnny cash joaquin phoenix begins with his days as a boy growing up on the family farm, where he struggles under the scorn of. Just before filming started, joaquins voice dropped closer to johns level. Love is a burning thing a chronicle of country music legend johnny cashs 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. The film is worth seeing for the performances of its two leads, but as a tribute to johnny cash, walk toes the line. The screenplay, written by mangold and gill dennis, is based on two autobiographies authored by singersongwriter johnny cash, 1975s man in black. What adds boundless energy to walk the line is the performance by reese witherspoon as june carter cash. Sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. We finally saw walk the line this afternoon and i cant say enough good things about it. Oct 09, 2015 john joaquin phoenix performs cocaine blues and gets the prisoners revved up in folsom prison.
A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. Pecks sheriff henry tawes who patrols the impoverished tennessee hills turning a blind eye to the occasional moon shiner is like the anti. I walk the line 1970 directed by john frankenheimer. Reese witherspoon talks about walk the line in an interview. Joaquin phoenix you make it real by denisse phoenix. The walk the line movie soundtrack featuring performances by joaquin phoenix, reese witherspoon, waylon payne, tyler hilton, and. Walk the line audition scene folsom prison blues joaquin. Finding the voice of johnny cash interviews roger ebert. Movies uz this category is for questions and answers related to walk the line, as asked by users of. The man in black, on stage and off the new york times.
June and johnnys legendary mutual devotion helps to make his equally infamous orneriness seem worthwhile. June carter cash also approved reese witherspoon for her role in the film. Joaquin phoenix return visit on david letterman show sept 22 2010 hd 1080p. The voices that you hear in the movie walk the line belong to the actors. Kathy cash, the second daughter of music legend johnny cash, says the upcoming film biography of her father, walk the line, portrays her family particularly her mother, johnnys first wife.
The soundtrack to walk the line boasts trademark johnny cash gems including i walk the line, ring of fire, folsom prison blues, and cry cry cry performed by joaquin phoenix and resse witherspoon as johnny cash and june cash respectively. The film is worth seeing for the performances of its two leads, but as. Even so the main part of the movie was to shoe that he walked the line, been to the worst place almost any artist could go and came out of it. Nov 18, 2005 walk the line is a real life, honest look at johnny cashs life. Sep 03, 2006 i know that the songs are real and were once sang by johnny cash and june carter, but in the movie who sings them. Lead character johnny cash had a difficult childhood. Movie soundtrack of the johnny cash movie walk the line.
They act with every bone and inch of flesh and facial plane, and each tone and waver of their voice. The film follows cashs early life, his romance with june carter, and his. The script is a little too pg and rote for the man in black. Walk the line is a 2005 american biographical musical romantic drama film directed by james.
Also, learn about the real life people who inspired the movie, including johnny cash, june carter cash, sam phillips and luther perkins. Walk the line 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Johnny cash and june carter cash walk the line movie. As far as country music biopics go, walk the line is up there with the best of the best. It tells the story of sheriff henry tawes peck who develops a relationship with a girl in town, alma mccain weld. Following last years excellent ray, walk the line is yet another fantastic biopic of a music legend the man in black, johnny cash. It has its entertainment, as well as a heavy dose of scenes about drugs. The movie walk the line is based on his life storynamed after one of his most well known songs by the same title. Reese witherspoon really did sing in walk the line and she. Walk the line movie soundtrack song list liveabout.
In 2006, reese witherspoon took home the best actress academy award for her portrayal of june carter cash in walk the line. Nov 17, 2005 what adds boundless energy to walk the line is the performance by reese witherspoon as june carter cash. Of all the music biopics i recall, this joins the two other really good, solid films that have been made about music artists in. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Though its been more than a decade since the joaquin phoenix and reesel. Walk the line tells the life story of johnny cash joaquin phoenix as he tries to please his disparaging father ray robert patrick, and finds solace in his passions for music and june reese witherspoon. Whoever plays me, make sure they dont handle the guitar like its a baby. The heart of walk the line is in their relationship and all the best and worst events in cashs life are filtered through it. This was during a real southern breakfast that john and his wife, june carter cash, cooked up for james mangold and his wife, cathy konrad, who were going to direct and produce the movie. Johnny cash had one requirement for the star of walk the line. After the death of his brother his relationship with his. In the 2006 oscars, joaquin phoenix, nominated for portraying a reallife celebrity, was in competition with two other actors who played a celebrity. According to him, after the filming wrapped, phoenix admitted to him that he and witherspoon had relied on each other so much that they.
Comparing the movie, walk the line, to the real life story. Pecks role in i walk the line, a film that finds frankenheimer in the mode of his prior film the gypsy moths in that its a downbeat character study set in rural small town america, is a good example. Aug 06, 2019 the walk, which lasted about 45 minutes, took months of planning. It covers the early days on his family farm, his musical influences, his rise to fame, his addictions and most importantly the love story that led him to salvation.
Walk the line 2005 trailers and clips the rise of country music legend johnny cash joaquin phoenix begins with his days as a boy growing up on the family farm, where he struggles under the. Nov, 2005 last year, every studio in hollywood passed on ray, the biopic about ray charles, and this year it can be said that they all passed on walk the line, until fox 2000 finally came through. Walk the line dvd, 2006, full frame for sale online ebay. Meet the real johnny cash and june carter cash behind the walk. John joaquin phoenix performs cocaine blues and gets the prisoners revved up in folsom prison. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing walk the line near you. I walk the line is a 1970 american neo noir drama film directed by john frankenheimer and starring gregory peck and tuesday weld. The true story behind philippe petits world trade center.
The walk, which lasted about 45 minutes, took months of planning. Joaquin phoenix, who played johnny cash, was also nominated for an oscar. When the shot cuts to show carters face his right hand is now below her neck and his left is hand is no longer on her bottom. Landsberg, germany senator joseph mccarthy continues his witchhunts. Walk the line cast and crew cast photos and info fandango.
While as sweet as the memories of johnny cash and june carter was, as portrayed in this film, i found out that the executive producer was john carter cash, the son of johnny and june. The film follows cashs early life, his romance with june carter, and his ascent in the country music scene. Petit first visited new york in january 1974, took a look at the twin towers, and gulped. Mar 27, 2006 he and reese took lessons and did all their own singing.
Oct 28, 2012 joaquin phoenix you make it real by denisse phoenix. His struggles with pillpopping will become a hazard to all who know him and even vivian isnt dim enough to notice johnny doesnt just want another friend on the road. She also worked on the television drama big love 2006 with bill paxton and jeanne tripplehorn. Walk the line is a real life, honest look at johnny cashs life. I think that it sounds like joaquin phoenix and reese witherspoon are really singing them, and on the back of the soundtrack it has them as the singers, but i have this one soundtrack from another movie where it says it was them but they were really lip synching, so i was. Comparing the movie, walk the line, to the real life story of. Whats ironic is that ray won an oscar for its star, jamie foxx, and walk the line may get nominations for phoenix and witherspoon.
I am not gonna be that little dutch boy with my finger in the dam no more. James mangolds walk the line tells the life story of country music legend. Walk the line 15 movie clip i walk the line 2005 hd youtube. Joaquin phoenix and reese witherspoon in walk the line 2005. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Johnny cash and june carter cash walk the line movie true story. If mangolds new movie has a problem, its that he and co screenwriter gill dennis sometimes walk the lines of the. In 2016 ginnifer voiced bunny officer judy hopps in the hit disney movie zootopia. Cashs life story, or part of it, is told in james mangolds walk the line, a conventional biopic of the new style in which cash is played by joaquin phoenix. The camera snakes along the metal fences, around hardedged corners, to near music throbbing from one of the.
Read about the director and cast, including james mangold, joaquin phoenix, reese witherspoon, ginnifer goodwin and more. In the first cut his left hand is on her bottom and his right hand is on her lower back. But there are a couple of very important characters missing from the movie that are central to the book on which it is based. Did the actors do the actual singing in walk the line. In addition to stars joaquin phoenix and reese witherspoon performing the songs of johnny cash and june carter cash, the supporting cast also offered up their vocal chords for the movie. Ginnifer appeared in the movie walk the line 2005, where she played johnny cashs first wife. Johnny cash approved joaquin phoenix to play him in the film because. Watch walk the line online full movie from 2005 yidio. Walk the line ar en amerikansk biografisk film om countrymusikern johnny cash fran 2005 i regi av. Spoilers 1 cowriter and director james mangold said that joaquin phoenix and reese witherspoon developed a very codependent relationship during filming.
Courtesy of youtube johnny cash singing, walk the line in 1959 by the end of the movie, cash was calling carter his wife. The screenplay, written by alvin sargent, is an adaptation of madison jones novel an exile. Fact and fiction we finally saw walk the line this afternoon and i cant say enough good things about it. Sep 05, 2017 in 2006, reese witherspoon took home the best actress academy award for her portrayal of june carter cash in walk the line.
Since walk the line has been in the works for eight years, its arrival on the heels of ray isnt as cynically trainjumping as it might seem, although both films show the methodology for great american voice tales refined to a slick science. Various artists walk the line original motion picture. The love story of country music icons johnny cash and june carter cash was chronicled in the 2005 movie walk the line. Superior acting and authentic crooning capture the emotional subtleties of the legend of johnny cash with a freshness that is a pleasure to watch. In the scene where johnny cash and june carter first sleep together, watch cashs hands as carter goes to answer the phone. Walk the line begins at the folsom prison gig johnny cash famously gave in 1968. Did reese witherspoon really sing in walk the line. He lost his brother at a young age to a tragic accident with a table saw. Joaquin phoenix return visit on david letterman show sept 22. At first joaquins voice was a little high, and they were about to rewrite the sheet music for the musicians, then just in time his voice found those lower notes he needed. I know that the songs are real and were once sang by johnny cash and june carter, but in the movie who sings them. Johnny cashs father floats his family out from their home after a flood.
Like rays taylor hackford, writerdirector james mangold winds selected events around sturdy themes. Nov 18, 2005 their disembodied voices carry more presence, more humor and hurt, than anything in the movie itself, which honors them without quite capturing who they were. Were told in the movie that june learned to be funny onstage because she didnt think she had a good voice. While writerdirector james mangold does spend time on cashs first wife, his family life, and substance abuse problems, its really the love between johnny and june thats the focus of the biopic walk the line. Walk the line works so well as a movie because it does not try to be a music epic. Walk the line is a 2005 american biographical musical romantic drama film directed by james mangold. Because of the vocal element of walk the line, reese has since deemed the film one of the hardest projects of her life. When the song walk the line is first being played in the studio during the montage, the guitar player hits a high note on the e string the thick top string. Primarily the story of the love that grew between country stars johnny cash and june carter during the early years of cashs career, walk the line is the result of intense collaboration between director james mangold, cowriter gill dennis, johnny cash, and june carter cash. He and reese took lessons and did all their own singing. Their disembodied voices carry more presence, more humor and hurt, than anything in the movie itself, which honors them without quite capturing who they were. The performances are great, but the lack of focus on johns spiritual life, specifically with his faith in christ, is disappointing. Johnny cash is a well loved country singer best known for his performances which took place in prisons across the nation.
This book compares the 2005 film, walk the line, to the real life story of johnny cash. Films set in the 1960s johnny cash musical films based on actual events american nonlinear narrative films films. It does have excellent performances, but barring a groundswell of support for cashs legacy which could arise i dont see it running away with any awards. Options include a singledisc widescreen edition, a singledisc fullscreen edition and a twodisc version with extended musical sequences, three featurettes and collectible postcards.