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Walk the Line
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.
2005 · Directed by James Mangold · 136 min · Drama · Music · Romance · 31 frames
Tagline
Love is a burning thing.
Crew
- Written by: James Mangold, Gill Dennis
- Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael
- Edited by: Michael McCusker
- Music: T Bone Burnett
- Production design: David J. Bomba
- Produced by: James Keach, Cathy Konrad
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix as John R. Cash
- Reese Witherspoon as June Carter
- Ginnifer Goodwin as Vivian Cash
- Robert Patrick as Ray Cash
- Dallas Roberts as Sam Phillips
- Dan John Miller as Luther Perkins
- Larry Bagby as Marshall Grant
- Shelby Lynne as Carrie Cash
- Tyler Hilton as Elvis Presley
- Waylon Payne as Jerry Lee Lewis
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Mars Media Beteiligungs, Tree Line Films, Catfish Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures
- Budget: $28,000,000
- Box office: $186,800,000
- Themes: prison, adultery, concert, rock 'n' roll, music record, country music, guitar, germany, loss of loved one, marriage
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