James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he had with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film is structured as an extended flashback opening with Cash readying to take the stage at his historic Folsom Prison Concert. The film touches on his childhood, relating a horrific early incident from his life and establishing the troubled relationship he would have with his father (Robert Patrick). Cash joins the military and leaves home. During his time in the armed services he begins writing songs and romances a hometown girl (Ginnifer Goodwin). After the end of his duty he settles down and attempts to begin a music career, but his wife has trouble adjusting to his dreams. Cash auditions for Sam Phillips (Dallas Roberts), signs to Sun Records, and soon finds himself on tour with a roster of young soon-to-be legends that includes Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne). On this tour he meets June Carter, the daughter of the famous Carter family, and they take a liking to each other, although she refuses any serious advances from him. Cash gains world-wide fame thanks in part to the inspiration he gets from June, but eventually his marriage crumbles and he develops a serious drug addiction. The film is based on Cash's autobiographies. Phoenix and Witherspoon performed all of their own singing in the movie, just as Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo did in Coal Miner's Daughter a quarter-century before. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
Features
Audio commentary by co-writer and director James Mangold
10 deleted scenes with optional commentary by James Mangold
Extended musical sequences
Folsom, Cash 7 The Comeback featurette
Celebrating the Man in Black: The making of Walk the Line featurette
Ring of Fire: The Passion of Johnny & June featurette
Dave Weathers Danny O'Grady Timmy Bowen Lewis Allen Byassee J. Edward Fitzgerald
Others
ADR Mixer - Greg Steele
ADR Mixer - Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR Recordist - David Lucarelli
ADR Recordist - Greg Zimmerman
ADR Voice Casting - Caitlin McKenna
Art Director - John R. Jensen
Art Director - Rob Simons
Assistant Costume Designer - Carlos Rosario
Assistant Director - Stephen P. Dunn
Assistant Location Manager - Mark Ragland
Assistant Location Manager - Dawn Blacksten
Assistant Location Manager - Martin Lane
Assistant Production Coordinator - Lisa Vijitchanton
Assistant Production Coordinator - Tom Carson
Assistant Properties - Brandon Boyle
Assistant Properties - Michael Kaleo Quenzer
Assistant Sound Editor - Warren Hendriks
Associate Editor - Quincy Z. Gunderson
Associate Producer - Lou Robin
Book Author - Johnny Cash
Boom Operator - Mark Zimbicki
Buyer - Kathleen Rosen
Buyer - Gabriella Villarreal
Buyer - Kelly Anne Ross
Buyer - Julie K. Smith
Camera Operator - David Luckenbach
Camera Operator - Philip Shanahan
Camera Operator - Paul Sanchez
Camera Operator - Daniel Schroer
Casting - Lisa Beach
Casting - Sarah Katzman
Casting Assistant - Charla Bowersox
Chief Lighting Technician - Rafael E. Sanchez
Cinematographer - Phedon Papamichael
Composer (Music Score) - T-Bone Burnett
Construction Coordinator - Jerry G. Henery
Construction Coordinator - Hugh Conlon
Construction Foreman - Deanna Allison
Construction Foreman - Kon Iliov
Costume Designer - Arianne Phillips
Costume Designer - Rhonda Keaton
Costume Designer - Lorraine Crossman
Costume Designer - David Fernandez
Costume Designer - L. Kellile Hicks
Costume Designer - Margaret C. Morgan
Costume Designer - Kimberly R. Perrett
Costume Designer - Rachel A. Walker
Costumes Supervisor - Wendy M. Craig
Craft Service/Catering - Deluxe Catering, Inc.
Craft Service/Catering - Jacky Christian
Craft Service/Catering - Juan Gonzalez
Craft Service/Catering - Reva Granthom
Craft Service/Catering - Michael Grean, Jr.
Craft Service/Catering - Gregory Paul Kureger
Craft Service/Catering - David Sanfield
Craft Service/Catering - Marty Smith
Department Head Hair - Katherine Gordon
Department Head Makeup - Jane Galli
Dialogue Editor - Mildred Iatrou Morgan
Dolly Grip - Antonio V. Garrido
Dolly Grip - Darryl Wilson
Electrician - Kyle D. Hutson
Electrician - Robert Duke
Electrician - Michael L. Jacobson
Electrician - Josh Malloy
Electrician - Kevin May
Electrician - Kevin Nevin, Jr.
Electrician - Alexander Castillo
Executive Music Producer - T-Bone Burnett
Executive Producer - Alan C. Blomquist
Executive Producer - John Carter Cash
First Assistant Accountant - Matthew K. Grigsby
First Assistant Camera - Bob Hall
First Assistant Editor - Sara Cueva
First Assistant Sound Editor - Monique Salvato
Foley Artist - Alicia Stevenson
Foley Artist - Dawn Fintor
Foley Editor - Steve F. Price
Foley Mixer - David Betancourt
Gaffer - John F. Sprague
Generator Operator - Michael Allegro
Graphic Design - Peter Sattler
Greensman - Larry Misselhorn
Grip - Curtis "Snake" Burnett
Grip - Rob Chidester
Grip - Scott Friedland
Grip - Justin Hughes
Hair Styles - Barbara Ann Sanders
Hair Styles - Betty Lou Skinner
Hair Styles - Anne Morgan
Hair Styles - Adruitha Lee
Key Costumer - Tangi Crawford
Key Grip - Ray Garcia
Key Grip - Steve Drake
Key Hairstylist - Lori McCoy-Bell
Key Make-up - Michelle Vittone-McNeil
Lead Scenic Artist - Frank Piercy
Leadman - Josh Hadley
Leadman - Curtis E. Akin
Location Manager - Robin Citrin
Makeup - Brad Wilder
Makeup - Gloria Belz
Makeup - Judy S. Ponder
Music Editor - Bunny K. Andrews
Music Editor - Terry Delsing
Musical Performer - Norman Blake
Musical Performer - Greg Leisz
Musical Performer - T-Bone Burnett
Musical Performer - Marc Ribot
Musical Performer - Jack Clement
Musical Performer - Larry Bagby III
Musical Performer - Bill Maxwell
Musical Performer - Bill Frisell
Musical Performer - David Kemper
Musical Performer - Jim Keltner
Musical Performer - Dan John Miller
Musical Performer - Kit Alderson
Musical Performer - Barry Bales
Musical Performer - Thomas Canning
Musical Performer - Peter Case
Musical Performer - Keefus Ciancia
Musical Performer - Armando Compean
Musical Performer - Dennis Crouch
Musical Performer - Casey Driessen
Musical Performer - Stuart Duncan
Musical Performer - Tony Gilkyson
Musical Performer - Lloyd Green
Musical Performer - Jamie Hartford
Negative Cutter - Gary Burritt
Painter - John Nelson
Painter - Stephen Berchelmann
Painter - Sherry L. Trippett
Personal Assistant - Deborah Dismukes
Personal Assistant - Parry Creedon
Personal Assistant - April M. Deen
Personal Assistant - Pamela Palmer Doqui
Personal Assistant - Adam Karasick
Personal Assistant - Richard Keith
Personal Assistant - Debra Pearl
Personal Assistant - Scott Sapire
Personal Assistant - Sharon Steinhauser
Post Production Accountant - Natalie Mathes
Post Production Supervisor - Aaron Downing
Production Accountant - Susannah L. Brengel
Production Coordinator - Sara Scarritt
Production Designer - David James Bomba
Production Sound Mixer - Peter Kurland
Production Supervisor - Gina Fortunato
Properties Maker - Herman L. Moore
Properties Maker - Mark Moore
Properties Maker - Marc Reeves
Properties Maker - Douglas L. Roberts
Properties Maker - Daniel W. Stacy
Properties Maker - Robert Tilson
Properties Maker - Randy Uhlig
Properties Maker - Brett A. Wells
Properties Master - Kris Peck
Script Supervisor - Sheila G. Waldron
Second Assistant Accountant - Roberta Talanca
Second Assistant Camera - Daniel McFadden
Second Assistant Director - Paul Prenderville
Second Second Assistant Director - John R. Saunders
Set Decorator - Carla Curry
Set Dresser - Andrea Hoffmann
Set Dresser - Chad R. Davis
Set Dresser - Thomas Gilbert
Set Dresser - David T. Kerns
Set Dresser - Paul "Rusty" Lightell
Set Dresser - John Rabasca
Set Dresser - Spencer H. Register
Set Dresser - Keith Wall
Set Medic/First Aid - Eric Jackson
Set Medic/First Aid - Annette Toarmina
Set Production Assistant - Samuel Fleming
Set Production Assistant - Sarah E. Fleming
Set Production Assistant - Michael L. Jacobson
Set Production Assistant - John M. III Prenderville
Set Production Assistant - S.D. Roddy
Sound Mixer - Paul Massey
Sound Mixer - Doug Hemphill
Sound/Sound Designer - Ted Caplan
Special Effects Supervisor - Ron Bolanowski
Still Photographer - Suzanne Tenner
Storyboard Artist - John Coven
Stunts - Brian Avery
Stunts - Heidi Pascoe
Stunts - Jack Lofton
Stunts - Katie Lofton
Stunts Coordinator - Rick Avery
Supervising Sound Editor - Donald Sylvester
Title Design - F. Ron Miller
Transportation Captain - John Lybrand
Transportation Captain - Steve Moffitt
Transportation Coordinator - John "Dusty" Saunders
Unit Production Manager - Alan C. Blomquist
Unit Publicist - Susan Levin
Visual Effects - Digital Backlot
Visual Effects Producer - Julia Frey
Visual Effects Supervisor - Robert Stromberg
Walk the Line is first and foremost a love story. Director James Mangold touches on most of the standard scenes people have come to expect from movies about real-life musicians, but the material is infused with energy by two outstanding lead performances. Joaquin Phoenix passes the test that buries most performers who play famous musicians; one never doubts that he is playing a person capable of creating these fantastic songs. That he handles his own singing in the film is simply a bonus. Even if he does not sound exactly like Cash, he is close enough that -- when augmented by the film's outstanding editing and the emotional thrust of the story -- the illusion is complete. As good as he is, Reese Witherspoon matches him perfectly, registering every contradictory feeling in a smart woman forced to play the fool in public. The scenes in which they duet, particularly a scorching version of "It Ain't Me Babe," display an emotional connection between the two that can rival any movie love story. That connection carries over when the couple is off-stage, particularly in a wonderful early scene in a diner where one begins to sense the spark the two feel between each other. Walk the Line is an outstanding love story, a highly entertaining look at the life of a young rock star on tour, and a showcase for two strong young actors to give great performances. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
Joaquin Phoenix : Best Actor - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2005
Reese Witherspoon : Best Actress - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2005
T-Bone Burnett : Best Film Music - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2005
Peter Kurland : Best Sound - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2005
Paul Massey : Best Sound - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2005
Donald Sylvester : Best Sound - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2005
Doug Hemphill : Best Sound - British Academy of Film and Televisio, 2005
Joaquin Phoenix : Best Actor - Broadcast Film Critics Association, 2005
Reese Witherspoon : Best Actress - Broadcast Film Critics Association, 2005
Reese Witherspoon : Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 2005
Reese Witherspoon : Best Actress - National Society of Film Critics, 2005
Reese Witherspoon : Best Actress - New York Film Critics Circle, 2005
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