Walk the Line Movie Review 2005

Phoenix embodies The Man in Black, warts and all in this excellent biopic showing Johnny Cash's family strife, rise as an early 50s rock star, through his battle with drugs, and his long courtship of June Carter (an equally brilliant Witherspoon). Script and actors never shy away from the more disturbing aspects of Cash's personality and life, which makes for a powerful, if not always comfortable, film. Phoenix and Witherspoon did all their own singing, and they do it well enough to make you wonder if it's the real thing.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on DVD
Running time 135 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Obsessive Love, Biopics: Musicians, Marriage, Drug Use & Abuse, Memphis, Period Piece: 1950s, Period Piece: 1960s, Top Grossing Films of 2005

Screenplay

James Mangold, Gill Dennis

Cast

Joaquin Rafael (Leaf) Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Larry Bagby, Dan John Miller, Shelby Lynne, Tyler Hilton, Waylon Malloy Payne, Shooter Jennings

Cinematography

Phedon Papamichael

Director

James Mangold

Music

T-Bone Burnett

Other

Peter Kurland, Michael McCusker, Rob Simons, Arianne Phillips, David J. Bomba

Producer

Cathy Konrad, James Keach, Catfish Productions, 20th Century-Fox, Tree Film, Line Film

Awards

Oscars 2005: Actress (Witherspoon); British Acad. 2005: Actress (Witherspoon), Sound; Golden Globes 2006: Actor--Mus./Comedy (Phoenix), Actress--Mus./Comedy (Witherspoon), Film--Mus./Comedy; N.Y. Film Critics 2005: Actress (Witherspoon); Natl. Soc. Film Critics 2005: Actress (Witherspoon); Screen Actors Guild 2005: Actress (Witherspoon).