Walk the Line (2005)
Coming Out at 18 November 2005 in theaters.
Biography, Drama, Music
Walk the Line is biographical musical romantic drama film directed by James Mangold. The screenplay, written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, is based on two autobiographies authored by singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, 1975’s Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words and 1997’s Cash: The Autobiography. The film follows Cash’s early life, his romance with June Carter, and his ascent in the country music scene. 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 previewed at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2005, and went into wide release on November 18. The film was nominated for five Oscars at the 78th Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Phoenix), Best Actress (Witherspoon, which she won), and Best Costume Design (Arianne Phillips). The film received positive reviews and grossed $187 million worldwide.
In 1968, as an audience of inmates at Folsom State Prison cheer for Johnny Cash, he waits backstage near a table saw, reminding him of his early life.
The film flashes back to 1944. Then-12-year-old JR (his name at birth was initials only) grows up on a cotton farm in Dyess, Arkansas with his brother Jack, father Ray, and mother Carrie. Ray is stern and strict with his sons but takes pride in Jack, who wants to be a preacher when he grows up.
Jack is killed in a sawmill accident while JR is out fishing. An embittered Ray blames JR for Jack’s death, saying that the Devil “took the wrong son.”
Director: James Mangold
Writers: Johnny Cash (book), Gill Dennis, James Mangold, Patrick Carr (book)
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller, Larry Bagby
Cast:
| Joaquin Phoenix | … | John R. Cash |
| Reese Witherspoon | … | June Carter |
| Ginnifer Goodwin | … | Vivian Cash |
| Robert Patrick | … | Ray Cash |
| Dallas Roberts | … | Sam Phillips |
| Dan John Miller | … | Luther Perkins |
| Larry Bagby | … | Marshall Grant |
| Shelby Lynne | … | Carrie Cash |
| Tyler Hilton | … | Elvis Presley |
| Waylon Payne | … | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Shooter Jennings | … | Waylon Jennings |
| Sandra Ellis Lafferty | … | Maybelle Carter |
| Dan Beene | … | Ezra Carter |
| Clay Steakley | … | W.S. ‘Fluke’ Holland |
| Johnny Holiday | … | Carl Perkins |
| Johnathan Rice | … | Roy Orbison |
| Ridge Canipe | … | Young J.R. |
| Lucas Till | … | Young Jack Cash |
| Carly Nahon | … | Young Reba Cash |
| McGhee Monteith | … | Reba Cash |
| Wyatt Entrekin | … | Tommy Cash at 5 |
| Hailey Anne Nelson | … | Rosanne Cash |
| Kerris Dorsey | … | Kathy Cash |
| Delaney Keefe | … | Cindy Cash |
| Victoria Hester | … | Carlene Carter |
| Deborah Rawlings | … | Diner Waitress |
| James DeForest Parker | … | Inmate |
| James Keach | … | Warden |
| Davielle Boyce | … | Maid at Door |
| Glenn Alan Gardner | … | Texarkana Stage Manager |
| Danny Vinson | … | Texarkana MC |
| Dave McPhail | … | Armory MC |
| Bob King | … | Armory Stage Manager |
| Natalie Canerday | … | Lady in the Aisle |
| Rhoda Griffis | … | Five and Dime Manager |
| Jeff Bailey | … | El Paso Taxi Driver |
| Ross Harkins | … | Record Executive |
| J.D. Evermore | … | F.B.I. Man |
| Helen Ingebritsen | … | Bank Teller |
| J.W. Williams | … | Pill Man |
| Shane Bowen | … | JR’s Agent |
| Tim Ware | … | A & R Man #1 |
| Dolan Wilson | … | A & R Man #2 |
| J. Allen Scott | … | Dyess Doctor |
| Clare Grant | … | Lissome Girl |
| Michael Ingersoll | … | Donzil |
| Carter Thrower | … | Sheriff |
| J.P. McNeely | … | Musician |
| Brian Deas | … | NCO |
| Glenda Pannell | … | Neighbor Woman |
| Amy Lavere | … | Wanda |
| Tracee Mae Miller | … | Birdie Perkins |
| Ben Taylor | … | Jack the Drunk |
| Ken Axmaker Jr. | … | Record Company Executive / Reporter |
| Bryce Blackman | … | Prisoner |
| Brent Bonds | … | Sheriff |
| Garnet Brooks | … | Prisnor |
| David Caffey | … | Record Company Executive |
| John Carter Cash | … | Bob Neal |
| David Combs | … | Church Greeter |
| Mark Alan Compton | … | Extra |
| Aaron Covington | … | Bass player in Lewis’s band |
| Brian Crider | … | Prisoner |
| Richard Crowe | … | Service Station Guy |
| Gordon Dexheimer | … | Folsom Prison Guard |
| Josh Driver | … | Cash’s Stagehand |
| Jeff Droke | … | Prisoner |
| Jeff Evans | … | Folsom Prison Assistant Warden |
| Geoff Falk | … | Folsom Prison Assistant Warden |
| Jan Falk | … | Lady at the Five & Dime |
| Marc Farley | … | Ferlin |
| Evelyn Diana Frogge-Chabot | … | Audience member / Fan |
| Gavin Lindsay Goode | … | Prison Guard Sniper |
| Cody Hanford | … | Tommy Cash Age 9 |
| Sharon Hart | … | Church / concert attendent |
| Selene C. Hawks | … | Girl at Bus |
| L. Michele Hester | … | Columbia Records Secretary |
| Kimberly Hill | … | Concert Goer |
| Ian S. Hunter | … | Featured Extra |
| Nichole Jackson | … | Reporter |
| Laurie Johnson | … | Church Lady |
| Jason Lewin | … | Band member |
| Katie Lindsey | … | Rosey Nix |
| Mathew Luschek | … | Businessman #2 in Bathroom |
| Peter McDermott | … | Extra |
| Donald Meyers | … | Record Company Executive |
| Michael Montgomery | … | Man in Aisle |
| Vince Palazola | … | Prisoner |
| Rich Parham | … | Salesman / Prisoner |
| Chris Plumlee | … | Stage Hand |
| Kevin Scroggs | … | Press Photographer |
| Laura Lynn Seguin | … | Screaming Fan |
| Brit Shaw | … | Etta Grant |
| Melissa Goodwin Shepherd | … | Flight Attendant |
| Frank Hoyt Taylor | … | Passionate Preacher |
| Matt Taylor | … | Prisoner |
| Danny Thomas | … | Prison Guard |
| Sheila Thomas | … | Girl in Crowd |
| Jim Wright | … | Military Supervisor |
| R. Elkins Wright | … | John’s Friend Randy |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia