2005 Directed by James Mangold
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.
Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick Tyler Hilton Johnathan Rice Shooter Jennings Waylon Payne Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Larry Bagby Sandra Ellis Lafferty Dan Beene Lucas Till Victoria Hester Hailey Anne Nelson Shelby Lynne Clay Steakley Ridge Canipe Kerris Dorsey Deborah Rawlings James DeForest Parker James Keach Danny Vinson Natalie Canerday Rhoda Griffis Jeff Bailey J.D. Evermore Tim Ware Show All…
i’m currently trying to pay attention to this but 30 seconds after i started my best friend texted me “joaq the line” and now all i can think about is that pun
anyway long story short is the subject of this film should have been june
Biopics are one of my favorite genres of films. However unless you get just the right actor to play the person, it can be dead in the water before it even gets going. James Mangold did exactly that when he handed Joaquin Phoenix the role of a lifetime as legendary singer Johnnie Cash.
This musical biopic of one of country musics most enduring performers begins with the story of a young boy who grows into a man full of guilt, anger, and sorrow, before his redemption and the love of his life leads him to greatness. Cash's early life of hardship in Arkansas and his strained relationship with his father seem to have damaged his psyche and self esteem. Constantly…
I ignored country music while I was growing up. In the 1960s, I was more tuned in to the "Age of Aquarius" and psychedelics than "Folsom Prison Blues" and amphetamines. It wasn't until I reached 30-something that I started to appreciate the soulfulness of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and, of course, "the man in black," Johnny Cash. So the time period of this biopic, from Cash's youth in Arkansas during WWII to his marriage to June Carter in 1968, covered new ground for me, including his first marriage, his touring with Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison, and his severe addiction to prescription drugs.
Joaquin Phoenix put in an Academy Award level performance as Cash, but it was Reese Witherspoon…
johnny cash at some point in his life probably: they always say yeehaw but never ask haw yee 😔
At almost 2 and a half hours, Walk the Line manages to keep a steady intense pace much like Johnny Cash's music. It may be standard biopic format but it's always worth it to see Joaquin Phoenix dip into that dark place and go full maniac musician.
Reese witherspoon: *sings*
Me: The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.
June Carter y Johnny J.R. Cash estuvieron casados desde 1968 hasta el 2003, año en que ambos murieron. La vida de este señor ha sido mucho más dura de lo que retrata la película, estoy seguro. Y su excepcional música, espero, seguirá inspirando nuevas generaciones.
Johnny escribió:
June era mis señales del camino, hacía alzarme cuando estaba débil, me animaba cuando me desanimaba, y me amaba cuando estaba solo y me sentía desamparado. Es la mujer más grande que jamás he conocido. Nadie más, excepto mi madre, se le acerca.
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(Old impressions, not based on a recent viewing)
I still mostly don't like country music, but Walk the Line made it tolerable.
So good i watched it twice, back to back. Everyone in this is at the top of their game.
10/10
“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 his father (Robert Patrick). As the years pass, Cash ends up in Memphis, Tenn., with his wife, Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin), and breaks into the music scene after finding his trademark sound. While on tour, Cash meets the love of his life, singer June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), but Cash's volatile lifestyle threatens to keep them apart.”
So I thought I had actually reviewed this one, then I realized that I deleted all of my past reviews. So here we go with Walk the Line.
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