Walk the line [DVD] / Fox 2000 Pictures ; Tree Line Films ; Konrad Pictures ; Catfish Productions ; produced by James Keach, Cathy Konrad ; written by Gill Dennis & James Mangold ; directed by James Mangold.
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TextPublication details: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]Description: 1 disc (approx. 130 min.)Subject(s): DDC classification: - DVD 740A
- Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; art directors, John R. Jensen, Rob Simons ; editor, Michael McCusker ; music, T-Bone Burnett ; costume designer, Arianne Phillips ; production designer, David J. Bomba.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Day Loan | LSAD Library DVD collection | DVD 740A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100585539 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he had with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film is structured as an extended flashback opening with Cash readying to take the stage at his historic Folsom Prison Concert. The film touches on his childhood, relating a horrific early incident from his life and establishing the troubled relationship he would have with his father (Robert Patrick). Cash joins the military and leaves home. During his time in the armed services he begins writing songs and romances a hometown girl (Ginnifer Goodwin). After the end of his duty he settles down and attempts to begin a music career, but his wife has trouble adjusting to his dreams. Cash auditions for Sam Phillips (Dallas Roberts), signs to Sun Records, and soon finds himself on tour with a roster of young soon-to-be legends that includes Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne). On this tour he meets June Carter, the daughter of the famous Carter family, and they take a liking to each other, although she refuses any serious advances from him. Cash gains world-wide fame thanks in part to the inspiration he gets from June, but eventually his marriage crumbles and he develops a serious drug addiction. The film is based on Cash's autobiographies. Phoenix and Witherspoon performed all of their own singing in the movie, just as Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo did in Coal Miner's Daughter a quarter-century before. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; art directors, John R. Jensen, Rob Simons ; editor, Michael McCusker ; music, T-Bone Burnett ; costume designer, Arianne Phillips ; production designer, David J. Bomba.
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller, Larry Bagby, Shelby Lynne, Tyler Hilton, Waylon Payne, Shooter Jennings.
Traces Johnny Cash's childhood, including his distant father to his early attempts at a music career. At this point in his life he marries his girlfriend Vivian. During a tour with singer/musicians Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, he encounters singer June Carter, and his love for her, and her rejection of him through the years, spurs him into drugs, drinking, and depression. June is both a sassy spitfire singer whose charm breaks hearts and eventually becomes a sympathetic friend who tries to help Johnny get over her. A true love story of two country music stars.
Rating: 12; for some language, thematic material and depiction of drug dependency.
Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS, Dolby 5.1 surround.