Walk The Line

A film of extraordinary merit, beauty and resonance. Walk the Line is a triumph-one of the greatest biopics ever made. Phoenix plays the Man in Black, country singing legend Johnny Cash, chronicling the towering musical icon from rise to fall and rise again, and his heaven and hell relationship with June Carter (Witherspoon).

This is a real home movie developed over seven years in close co-operation with Johnny and June before their passing in 2003. Imbued with images of black dogs and crows, foreshadowing doom, Mangold ties these tumultuous lives to a moving love story, culminating in Cash’s marriage proposal live on stage to a recalcitrant Carter in February 1968. The gig scenes are electric and a fitting tribute to Cash’s art. Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar.