Marriage with his first wife Vivian ( Big Love's Ginnifer Goodwin), and his first hit record, We see his initialĪttempts at songwriting while stationed at an Air Force base in Germany, his hot and cold From here, the story moves linearly through Cash's life. Interviews I've read, the incident really did play a formative role in Cash's psyche. It could easily play as cliché, but the sequence is rooted in historical authenticity, and from the His resentful father (Robert Patrick) claims, "The Lord did this. Weįlash to 1944 and witness the childhood trauma of Johnny's brother dying in a freak woodshopĪccident. Workshop, Cash fingers the blade of a circular saw, his mind fermenting some dark memory. Riled up for Cash's big 1968 comeback concert while his backup band, The Tennessee Three, laysĭown their characteristic boom-chicka-boom boxcar rhythm. The film begins on a moment of anticipation and reflection. played with spunk and grace by Reese Witherspoon-and his nearly career destroying addiction What to show, what narrative line to walk? Director James Mangold and co-writer Gill Dennis haveĮffectively boiled down the events of Cash's life and arrived at a three-note thematic essence,Ĭomprised of Cash's ice cold relationship with his father, his long-time love affair with June Carter Thousand country songs that he penned in his lifetime. His personal life was just as varied, with enough ups and downs to fuel the more than one Recording of the entire New Testament and covered a Nine Inch Nails song. Punk rock's finger-to-the-man, anti-authoritarian attitude. Is somehow the great-granddaddy of both contemporary Christian crossover music and Iconic and conflicted as Johnny Cash, the Man in Black himself, a country western superstar who Making a biopic is always a tricky proposition, especially when you're dealing with someone as The fateful audition for Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Remedy for the Cash-withdrawal that ails ya. For those not willing to wait, though, this release is an effective The old double dip routine on us, giving us some kind of 2-disc collectors edition in the future thatĬontains both cuts of the film. That said, youĭon't have to be a psychic to predict that the powers that be at 20th Century Fox will inevitably pull Seeing both versions, I think I share his preference for the leaner, tighter iteration. Some viewers might feel short shrifted, but this is supposedly the director's preferred cut, and after shores, albeit with its truncated, 135-minute theatrical running time. I'm not sure what caused the nearly 16-month delay, but the film hasįinally washed up on U.S. and France in late 2008-as the 153-minute Extended Cut-mum was the Starring Phoenix-pulled a disappearing act on us too, right around the same time. Oddly enough, director James Mangold's Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
The guy just dropped off the map of Hollywood Slurred speech were all part of some elaborate cultural prank, we can presume, but where's he been Where did Joaquin Phoenix go? The shaggy beard, the Wayfarers, the gum-chewing, rap, and Reviewed by Casey Broadwater, February 10, 2010 “You can’t help nobody if you can’t tell ‘em the right story.” Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller Writers: Gill Dennis, James Mangold, Johnny Cash
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In the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic "Man in Black" facing down his demons, fighting for the love that would raise him up, and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction and redemption.įor more about Walk the Line and the Walk the Line Blu-ray release, see Walk the Line Blu-ray Review published by Casey Broadwater on Februwhere this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. As he pioneered a fiercely original sound that blazed a trail for rock, country, punk, folk and rap stars to come, Cash began a rough-and-tumble journey of personal transformation. That day kicked off the electrifying early career of Johnny Cash. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice asĭeep and black as night, Cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full of real life and unlike anything heard before. It was a moment that would have an indelible effect on U.S. Cash walked into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. In 1955, a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself J.R. Walk the Line Blu-ray delivers stunning video and audio in this excellent Blu-ray release
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