Was Johnny Cash involved in Walk the Line movie?

June Carter Cash’s and Johnny Cash’s only son John Carter Cash plays an uncredited character in the film, and served as an executive producer. Joaquin Phoenix wears fifty-six different costumes.

What is the movie Walk the Line about?

The rise of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) begins with his days as a boy growing up on the family farm, where he struggles under the scorn of his father (Robert Patrick). As the years pass, Cash ends up in Memphis, Tenn., with his wife, Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin), and breaks into the music scene after finding his trademark sound. While on tour, Cash meets the love of his life, singer June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), but Cash’s volatile lifestyle threatens to keep them apart.Walk the Line / Film synopsis

Did Joaquin Phoenix do his own singing in Walk the Line?

Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed all of the songs themselves, without being dubbed. They also learned to play their instruments (guitar and auto-harp, respectively) from scratch.

Did Reese Witherspoon sing?

Reese Witherspoon Witherspoon learned to sing for her role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, which chronicles country music legend Johnny Cash’s life. “I’ve never sung before professionally,” she said on Late Night With Conan O’Brien.

Did Johnny Cash know Joaquin Phoenix?

“So I knew that Joaquin had to approach his guitar like it was something he had lived with all his life — and that’s what he did.” Cash never met Phoenix, but he gave his enthusiastic approval, recalling the actor’s Oscar-nominated performance in “Gladiator.”

Are Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix still friends?

Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix prove they’re still good pals with Golden Globes catch up nearly 14 years after Walk The Line.

Why did Johnny Cash Write Walk the Line?

Johnny Cash was 23 and married to his first wife, Vivian Liberto. On tour, Cash met temptation, and that is what led him to write “I Walk the Line.” It is a proclamation of fidelity. “It was kind of a prodding to myself to, `Play it straight, Johnny,'” Cash said of the song.