Walk the Line

Walk the Line

  • Director: James Mangold
  • Writer: Johnny Cash,Gill Dennis,James Mangold
  • Countries of origin: United States, Germany
  • Language: English, Russian
  • Release date: November 18, 2005
  • Runtime: 2h 16min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Cash
  • "Walk the line" is a musical biographical film directed by James Allen Mangold and starring actors such as Joaquin Rafael Bottom , Reese Witherspoon and Robert Patrick . It was released in the United States on November 18, 2005.
    The film tells the story of singer Johnny Cash sinking to the bottom of the valley due to drug addiction after becoming famous. With the help of his second wife, he reinvigorated and created a glorious story   .

    Details

    • Release date November 18, 2005
    • Filming locations Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    • Production companies Fox 2000 Pictures, Tree Line Film, Konrad Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $28,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $119,519,402

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $22,347,341

    Gross worldwide

    $186,797,986

    Movie reviews

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    • By Serenity 2022-04-21 09:01:33

      walk with the song

      A biographical film, a journey of ups and downs and happiness.
        John Cash was a country boy from Arkansas. His brother died in an accident as a child, and since then he has been unable to turn around under the condemnation and ridicule of his father. He gradually became famous as a country singer and had his own family as a music lover, but when he was out on tour, he was accidentally exposed to drugs, which slowly made him unable to extricate himself and led him into the abyss. Drug...

    • By Gage 2022-04-20 09:01:23

      The woman behind the great man

      When I started watching the film, I felt that the growth experience of great musicians is the same. When I was a child, I lived in a poor country. Because of my direct or indirect mistakes, my brother died. I always felt guilty. Acting in extramarital affairs on tour. Only this time, JOHNNY's story has less themes of racial struggle and personal struggle than RAY's. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a story about a boring man who was constantly rejected by a woman and finally...

    • By Tressie 2022-04-20 09:01:23

      The gap between film and poster

      It's a very, very ordinary movie. If it wasn't for Reese winning the Oscar for Best Actress for this movie, I wouldn't be able to make it to the end. I can't get the point where Reese won the award at all. Her performance is not as good as that of the male lead. Instead, the male lead only got one nomination. How bad was the nomination for the female lead in that Oscar.
      Johnny Cash has a psychological shadow because of his father's eccentricity towards his brother, which I deeply...

    • By Kole 2022-04-20 09:01:23

      You and I go all the way

      I accidentally found a movie review I wrote in 2009 on an old computer, and put it up.

      In the fall, I turned out the original sound of Walk the Line and listened to it repeatedly. I don’t know why every time I listened to this original sound, I would feel excited. All the passion and moving, let all the unhappiness disappear immediately.
      "Walk the Line" is an American-style biographical film that is free from tradition. It has a smooth narrative and tells the glory and humility...

    • By Vincenza 2022-04-20 09:01:23

      music is really good

      Music biographies are not my favorite category. After all, we don’t know these famous singers who are well-known in the United States, and we don’t know much about the country music of that era. Rap and rock electronics are more acceptable, but it is really tiring to watch for 2 hours. The two leading actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, finally got rid of their old images with their excellent performances in this film, and truly entered the ranks of the acting school. It is not so...

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    • By Kole 2023-08-18 23:15:43

      Did Phoenix and Witherspoon sing? That's still pretty good, though Phoenix's first acapella was a bit ugly. Mangold's directing technique is also very stable, and he is a good mainstream director. But the script is too bad. The length of more than two hours is basically a ballad scene plus the extramarital entanglement of the two leading actors. I don't know what to watch for the awkward love story of these two people, and the music is also common. common...

    • By Lottie 2023-08-17 08:35:02

      Everything is not that simple....

    • By Orin 2023-08-09 06:18:33

      The biopic of country singer Johnny Cash, the awesome thing is that all the songs in it are sung by male pig Joquin Phoenix himself, not...

    • By Arturo 2023-07-02 19:57:24

      Another drug addiction, another injured childhood, singer....

    • By Edmond 2023-06-25 04:12:31

      Another movie full of country music, and the music itself is a lot of fun. I like this kind of movie, it looks relaxed and...

    Movie plot

    Johnny Cash (Jacqueen Phoenix) was born on a small farm in Arkansas, southern United States. The folk songs and hymns of farm workers made him fascinated by music since he was a child. The music-loving mother Carrie (Shelby Lynn) has always inspired Cash to work hard on the road of singing: "God is looking after you. One day you will sing for the world." 1950 , After enlisting in the army, Kash has undergone a completely new...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    Soon after the film began, Cash walked onto the streets of Memphis and found a digital meter on the side of the road.
    The film opened in 1944. Cash listened to a show about Joan Carter from the radio. The show claimed that Joan was only 10 years old, but in 1944 Joan was 15 years old.
    All the tracks in the film were sung by Phoenix and....
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    Creative background

    In 1997, Mangold had already germinated the idea of ​​filming "Walk with the Song", and informed his wife and producer Kathy Conrad, the two negotiated to find Cash’s friend James Ketcher. People soon started working on this movie about Cash. In the following years, the film’s main creators frequently contacted Cash and Joan and listened to them telling them about their early rock and roll, life experiences and long love journeys....
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    Shooting

    Mangold invited veteran rock producer and musician TBoneBurnett to lead the film music, and organized a 6-month "rock training", including music courses, personal practice, band practice and recording courses. TBoneBurnett provided guidance to Phoenix, from playing the instrument to adjusting the pitch. And in the entire live recording process, TBoneBurnett insisted on putting an end to the use of digital technology, requiring real...
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    Evaluation action

    Phoenix captured the gloomy side of Cash's life in "Walking with the Song". At the same time, Phoenix also showed the sunny side of Cash, vividly using music and love for his wife to show Cash's lottery (Eastern Morning Post Review)  .
    Although there are many things about "Go with the Song", but there are also many shortcomings. The first half of this movie is a bit procrastinated. A two-hour movie will quickly make people lose their...
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    Movie quotes

    • Waylon Jennings: I'm a long way from home/And so all alone/ Homesick like I never thought I'd be/ I'm a long way from home/Everything is wrong/Someone please watch...

      Johnny Cash: [while Waylon is still singing] June call?

      Waylon Jennings: - over me.

      Johnny Cash: Waylon! Did June call?

    • Young J.R.: [J.R. turns up the radio] Guess which Carter this is.

      Young Jack Cash: I don't know J.R.

      Young J.R.: Guess...

      Young Jack Cash: Anita?

      Young J.R.: Nope...

      Young Jack Cash: Who?

      Young J.R.: June.

    • June Carter: [Sees John eating peanuts] Can I have one?

      Johnny Cash: Yeah.

      [Takes a peanut out of the bag and holds it above June's mouth]

      Johnny Cash: Open your mouth...

      June Carter: [June opens her mouth, but John snatches it away and eats it]

      June Carter: John!

      Johnny Cash: I'm sorry, I'm sorry... here.

      [Takes another peanut out of the bag and holds it over June's mouth]

      Johnny Cash: Open your mouth... Open your mouth...

      June Carter: No... I don't trust you...

      Johnny Cash: Oh, June don't say that...

      June Carter: I don't...

      Johnny Cash: Yes, you do... now open your mouth...

      June Carter: [June opens her mouth, but John snatches away the peanut from her again]

      June Carter: [Playfully hits John] John, you are a mean man! You're a mean man, and I knew it... I knew it all along...