Walk the Line (2005)

Directed by

James Mangold

Genre

drama film, musical film, biographical film, flashback film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 3,160 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Johnny Cash from his poor childhood through his rise to fame as a country singer. It focuses on his turbulent personal life, his struggle with drug addiction, and his long pursuit of June Carter.

earnestintimateemotionalbittersweetgroundedsomberromantic

What happens

Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold. The screenplay, written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, is based on two autobiographies by the American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash: Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words (1975) and Cash: The Autobiography (1997). The film follows Cash's early life, his romance with the singer June Carter, his ascent in the country music scene, and his drug addiction. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Cash, Reese Witherspoon as Carter, Ginnifer Goodwin as Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto, and Robert Patrick as Cash's father. Walk the Line premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2005, and was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on November 18. It received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $186.8 million on a $28 million budget. At the 78th Academy Awards, Witherspoon won Best Actress while the film was also nominated for Best Actor (Phoenix), Best Sound Mixing, Best Costume Design and Best Film Editing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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