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Release Date:
18 November 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
Love is a burning thing.
Plot:
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 28 wins
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26 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 (as Waylon Malloy Payne) | |
| Shooter Jennings | ... | Waylon Jennings | |
| Sandra Ellis Lafferty | ... | Maybelle Carter | |
| Dan Beene | ... | Ezra Carter | |
| Clay Steakley | ... | W.S. 'Fluke' Holland | |
| Johnathan Rice | ... | Roy Orbison |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some language, thematic material and depiction of drug dependency.
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Runtime:
136 min | 153 min (extended cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:12A |
USA:PG-13 |
Ireland:12A |
Finland:K-11 |
Singapore:PG |
Norway:11 |
Germany:6 |
Australia:M |
Czech Republic:12 |
Netherlands:MG6 |
Brazil:12 |
Spain:18 |
Argentina:13 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Malaysia:U |
Hungary:14 |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Iceland:12 |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
France:U |
South Korea:15 |
Japan:PG-12
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It took four years for the producers to secure the rights to the story from James Keach who is a friend of Johnny Cash and his family. After Keach agreed, it took another four years to get the film made.
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Anachronisms: When Johnny is fighting with Vivian while he is trying to hang up pictures, he is wearing a Hanes tagless white t-shirt from the late-1990s.
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References Mary Poppins (1964)
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Soundtrack:
Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man
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Considering the formula junk coming out of Hollywood these days, I was blown away by how good this movie was. The direction was perfect. Using close ups to get us in under the skin of Johnny Cash. And since it was a period piece, he could have bored us with lots of cgi of Memphis and L.A. to take us back in time. Instead he used the actors and the music to take us there. Biopics naturally have a formula to them, but the director and screenwriter did not take us down the track of overly sentimental scenes. These were real and done with a bit of well placed humor. Just like real life. Afterall you still have to follow the real lives of Johnny and June. You can't make it up, just to be original! The movie was also a movie you can take most of the family to. No nudity and sex to SHOW how in love they are, just real dialog...it's nice to hear REAL dialog and not just another chase scene, or four letter word. Yes, some movies need that to tell the story, this one doesn't. This movie goes onto my short list of great biopics, with "Ray". Not much else comes close to Ray or Walk the Line. The true test of any biopics is: can you still understand the plot even if you never heard of the people the movie is about. This movie is a great love story even if you never heard of Johnny and June Cash. Oscars all around I say! Plus I loved the Rockabilly music through out the movie.