Walk the Line (2005) Movie Overview

Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film, directed by James Mangold and based on the life of country music artist Johnny Cash. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick. The film focuses on Cash’s younger life, his romance with June Carter, and his ascent to the country music scene, with material taken from his autobiographies. Walk the Line’s production budget is estimated to have been US$28,000,000. The film previewed at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2005, and went into wide release on November 18. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Actress (Reese Witherspoon) and Best Costume Design (Arianne Phillips). Witherspoon won the Oscar for Best Actress, the film’s sole Oscar winner. As of August 22, 2006, the film had grossed a total of $186,438,883 worldwide. On February 28, 2006, a single-disc DVD and a two-disc collector edition DVD were released; these editions sold three million copies on their first day of release. On March 25, 2008 a two-disc ‘extended cut’ DVD was released for region one. The feature on disc one is 17 minutes longer than the theatr… Source

• Walk the Line Movie Details
• Director: James Mangold
• Official Sites: 20th Century Fox [br], Twentieth Century Fox [us]
• Tagline: Love is a burning thing.
• Country: USA , Germany
• Run Time: 136 min | 153 min (extended cut)
• Genre: Biography , Drama , Music , Romance

• Cast Overview
• Joaquin Phoenix as John R. Cash
• Reese Witherspoon as June Carter
• Ginnifer Goodwin as Vivian Cash
• Robert Patrick as Ray Cash
• Dallas Roberts as Sam Phillips
• Dan John Miller as Luther Perkins

Walk the Line Movie Review from New York Times

Movies based on the lives of popular musicians constitute a durable genre in Hollywood, and also a fairly safe one. While not many of them rise to the level of greatness — “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Michael Apted’s life of Loretta Lynn, comes closer than most — there are very few that manage to be completely unwatchable. “Walk the Line,” James Ma… Source

Walk the Line Movie Details from Imdb

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… Source

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