Movie Review: Walk the Line

Facts of this film:

• Oscar Academy Awards Nominates on Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Editing, Best Achievement in Sound and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2006
• Directed by: James Mangold (Identity, Kate & Leopold)
  
• Starring with: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon (Oscar winner on Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 2006), Robert Patrick and Ginnifer Goodwin

A chronicle of the life of the country music legend, Johnny Cash, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis.

Golden Globe winners Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon star as Johnny Cash and June Carter in this inspiring true story of one man’s unwavering devotion to his sound, his message and the greatest love of his life.

The story of Johnny Cash traces his childhood under a distant father (Robert Patrick) to his early attempts at a music career. During a tour with the likes of Elvis (Tyler Hilton) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne), and while still married, he meets and falls in love with singer June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). June helps Johnny battle and beat his drug dependency, and Johnny proposes to her during their performance on stage in February 1968.

As a solid and entertaining film, 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.

Singer. Rebel. Outlaw. Hero. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as dark as the night. The legendary Man in Black, with revolutionized music and forged his legacy as a genuine American icon – Joaquin Phoenix brings to us the best of Johnny Cash’s story.

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Walk The Line (1 Disc)
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