Part of the IVGrad Film Discussion Series, "Walk the Line" will be shown and a short discussion of the film will follow.
Walk the Line - (2005) / 136 min / PG-13 / Nominated for 5 Academy Awards; winner, Best Actress Directed by James Mangold, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.
Traces the life of Johnny Cash from his boyhood, with loss of a brother and of his father's affection, to 1968 when his outlaw side and his unhappiness give way to the twin triumphs of his concert at Folsom Prison and June Carter's acceptance of his marriage proposal. Along the way there's his first composition, first recording, first marriage, daughters, being smitten with June, divorce, pills and booze, an empty life, and the Carter family's nursing him back to health. June eases Johnny out of a ring of fire.
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