Have a product you would
like reviewed on this site? Mail to:
The Reviews Page
552 Prince Charles
Dorval, QC H9P 1Z3

Mainstream - Walk the Line Blu-ray

CLICK PIC FOR AMAZON PAGE
Click Pic for Amazon Page

Walk the Line Blu-ray
Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix
Directed by James Mangold
Originally released 2005
Fox Home Entertainment 2010

If you like biography movies or movies about music Walk the Line Blu-ray is excellent. This movie about Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash follows the biopic formula of a short bit about the main character’s childhood, his or her early days, and rapidly embarks on the main story. Walk the Line also features lots of musical numbers but here Phoenix and Witherspoon do their own singing; this adds a lot to the credibility of the movie. You do not have to like country music to enjoy this biopic but it helps.

Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for her take on June Carter Cash, Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for Best Actor, and Walk the Line was also nominated for many other awards. It is easy to see why. The movie also features a who’s who of late fifties and early sixties American music as Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley were part of the Sun Music tours that included Johnny Cash.

Walk the Line mostly focuses on Johnny Cash’s side of the story until he and June Carter get married. Witherspoon makes June so interesting I really wished more had been told about her.

Director James Mangold decided to have the songs Johnny Cash and June Carter sing and sing together sometimes reveal what was going on between them. It is an interesting choice that works but asks the viewer to pay attention to the lyrics and especially the chemistry between Phoenix and Witherspoon.

Look for Robert Patrick (the liquid Terminator) as Cash’s father.

Special features on Walk the Line Blu-ray are Directors Commentary by James Mangold; More Man in Black: 10 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director James Mangold; Extended Musical Sequences: Rock and Roll Ruby, Cocaine Blues, Folsom, Cash and the Comeback; Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line; Ring of Fire: The Passion of Johnny and June