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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0024543379799 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox MPN: FOXD2237981D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 16, 2007 Running Time: 135 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 2005 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/10/2008 Rating: Pg13 Amazon.com: A solid and entertaining biopic, Walk the Line works less as a movie than an actors' showcase for its stars. Joaquin Phoenix's total immersion into the skin of singer Johnny Cash is startling--watching it, you can't believe this is the same guy who whined about being "vexed" in Gladiator. As he evolves from a farm boy to gospel croonin' plunker to the Man in Black, Phoenix disappears into Cash's deep baritone, his way of slinging the guitar onto his back, and his hunched-up style of strumming. But it's more than just picking up mannerisms: Phoenix also sings as Johnny Cash, and it's quite impressive. The story of how Johnny Cash became Johnny Cash traces from his childhood under a distant father (Robert Patrick) to his early attempts at a music career, during which he married his girlfriend Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin). During a tour with the likes of Elvis (Tyler Hilton) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne), he encounters singer June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), and his love for her--and her rejection of him through the years--spurs him into drugs, drinking, and depression. As with most movies based on real-life singers, as his popularity grows, the women come a-flockin', and the childhood demons surface. Witherspoon, who matches Phoenix drawl for drawl, plays June both as a sassy spitfire whose charm breaks your heart, and as a sympathetic friend who tries to help Cash get over--well, her. The love story is what endures, but the movie comes most alive during its musical numbers, and even if you're not a country fan, it may just get you to run out and buy a Johnny Cash album.--Ellen A. Kim Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Blown away!Although I'd seen this movie before, I was still blown away by it's depth and the quality of the acting the second time! Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix have an undeniable chemistry! Plus, Joaquin's smoldering intensity as the legendary, yet conflicted, Johnny Cash makes this a must watch! Rating: - Fantastic movie :->To be honest, I hadn't seen this movie until the other night. I'm not a fan of country music and therefore I always thought that this wouldn't interest me, yet it was on TV the other night and I got engrossed in it from start to finish. It was a moving story and so well acted. Joaquin and Reese had amazing chemistry in every scene, but the best was watching them on stage together. I thought they did such a good job singing rather than lip syncing. Joaquin had his vocals down perfectly and ... Read More Rating:  - never got my moviethis may be a good movie but I paid for my order and never received it. I am disappointed about this. I know it is not the sellers fault; they did ship it; but I never received it . I may try to order it again. Rating: - Made me curious about Johnny CashI was always a mild fan of Cash's music, so I wasn't entirely devoted to seeing this movie. I did not see it until obtaining the DVD, and at that moment I fell in love with it. Honestly, I don't know all that much about the man's life so I am not here to be the historical critic. Even so, I believe that this is more or less factual minus the obligatory artistic license. All I know is that it made for a great, great movie. Joaquin Phoenix... I don't know how he is in comparison ... Read More Rating:  - MediocreJames Mangold, the director who brought us such flawed but interesting films as Copland and Girl, Interrupted, has done it again. He has crafted another flawed but interesting film, Walk The Line, named after one of Cash's biggest musical hits; this one on the life of Johnny Cash. Actress Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Cash's wife June Carter Cash, of the famed Carter Family singers, and while she's solid, competent, the award she won ... Read More |
