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Walk the Line (2005) 7.9
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7.9/10 from 179,399 users
Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 809 user | 288 critic | 39 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:James Mangold |
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| Reese Witherspoon | ... | ||
| Ginnifer Goodwin | ... | ||
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| Dallas Roberts | ... | ||
| Dan John Miller | ... | ||
| Larry Bagby | ... | ||
| Shelby Lynne | ... | ||
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| Waylon Payne | ... |
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| Shooter Jennings | ... | ||
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Dan Beene | ... | |
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While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennessee and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter. Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the ... Written by kayleigh
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Love is a burning thing.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some language, thematic material and depiction of drug dependency | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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18 November 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$28,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$22,347,341 (USA) (18 November 2005)Gross:
$119,518,352 (USA) (28 April 2006)Company Credits
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Written by L. Stuart
Performed by Minnie and the Minuettes
Courtesy of Tru-Gems Records
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Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's actual home, in Hendersonville Tennessee, appears in the movie. It burned to the ground on 10 April 2007 while under renovation by its new owner, Barry Gibb, of The Bee Gees. See more »Goofs
During the scene inside Johnny's car in the tour caravan, the position of June's feet changes several times. See more »Soundtracks
You Get to MeWritten by L. Stuart
Performed by Minnie and the Minuettes
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Forget North Country, Walk the Line directed by James Mangold (Girl Interrupted) and written by Mangold and Gill Dennis is the better 2005 Oscar contender.
This romantic tragedy, which is based on the autobiographies of Johnny Cash The Man in Black and Cash: the Autobiography was actually written and perfected alongside the famous duo Cash and June Carter Cash before their deaths in 2003.
The movie begins with a young, music obsessed "J.R." Cash growing up in a poor cotton farming family in Arkansas. Shortly afterwards, a family tragedy changes his life forever.
Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) leaves for the air force, where he is stationed in Germany, buys an old guitar and proceeds to write one of the most recorded songs in history along with many others.
Upon returning, Cash's obsession leads him to a recording studio and into the spotlight with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon) as well as Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and the comical Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Payne.) The next emotional hour and 45 minutes is filled with great music, drug dependency, infidelity, and most of all love.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, who sang every song themselves, completely shined in this movie. There are no better actors that could have filled the shoes of the Carter-Cash duo. Phoenix and Witherspoon had such great chemistry, by the end of the movie you actually think they might really be in love.
However, if you tend to get restless in longer movies, the running time of 136 minutes can start to seem a little long towards the end, but it's well worth it.
Overall Walk the Line receives nine out of ten stars. The movie did an excellent job portraying the life of the "man in black," his soul mate and their rocky path on the way to love. If Phoenix and Witherspoon are not nominated for their amazing voices and chilling performances, it will be a great disappointment.