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 Walk the Line
Folsom Prison. The film starts overlooking Folsom Prison. Then the camera moves closer and goes into the prison where we see hundreds of inmates cheering at Johnny Cash's band playing. Later on in the film, Johnny Cash is looking through his fan mail and many of the letters are from the inmates in Folsom Prison, so he decides to go to Folsom to perform a live album, 'In Folsom Prison'.
Get Rhythm. This song is sung on the Texarkana tour, and is Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two's first gig. When the curtains rise up on them, Johnny's first words are, 'Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.' and they begin to play this amazing song.
Audrey Parks. Audrey Parks is a big fan of Johnny's, as we see her pushing to the front of the crowd. The scene is after Johnny performs in the second tour he is in. We see Johnny in his room taking some of his pills, and after he swallows them, Audrey Parks walks in. Johnny doesn't know who Audrey Parks is, but continues to kiss her.
Jackson. This is the last song we see Johnny and June perform in the film, and this is also after Johnny is told by June that he can only talk to her on stage. He sees this as his chance to propose to her. So during 'Jackson', Johnny stops singing and says that he can't sing it because they are lying; he then proposes and convinces June to accept.
Jack. Jack is the favourite son of Ray Cash (Johnny's father). When Jack dies, Ray tells Johnny that he is nothing and is angry because he wants Johnny to die and Jack to live. We learn that Jack wants to become a preacher when he is older but he is seriously injured by the wood saw whilst Johnny is fishing. Jack and Johnny are very close and Johnny is devastated when Jack dies from the injury.
Lewis Boogie. Jerry Lee Lewis is the first act to perform on the Texarkana tour, and causes a riot with his speedy piano playing and eccentric behaviour. Jerry Lee Lewis seems to be the loner of the groups performing, as he assumes his performance cannot be outdone by other groups.
| After June is caught in Johnny Cash's guitar strap, she runs out onto the stage and tells the host, Billy, that she has an infection; what infection does she claim to have? | Because You're Mine, I 'Walk the Line'
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Laryngitis. This conversation is between the host of the Texarkana tour and June before they introduce Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two. She says this just to make the audience laugh whilst Johnny Cash and his band were preparing. As she is a comedienne, the audience sees June as the funny one of the Carter family, so comedy comes naturally on stage. After this conversation is over, we see Johnny backstage chuckling.
June Carter: "I gotta tell you, I can't sing tonight. I got the laryngitis."
[Crowd laughs]
June Carter: "Y'all laughin, but I do."
Billy: "We just heard you hollerin up a storm back there."
June Carter: "Well, I didn't have it then, Billy."
Germany. Johnny is in the Air Force before he even considers making and recording music for a living. We find out where he is going when his father says to Johnny's mother that the war is in Korea. Whilst in Germany, he writes some of his own songs including 'Folsom Prison Blues' and 'Cry Cry Cry'.
Johnny Cash. "Walk the Line" was a biopic based on the life of Johnny Cash, a hugely popular country music artist. It charted his life, starting from when he was a young child and lost his brother in an accident, through his years as a very successful recording artist. Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Waylon Jennings were all featured as minor characters in the film.
| Who played the character of June Carter in "Walk the Line"? | Walk the Line
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Reese Witherspoon. The role of June Carter, who later married Johnny Cash to become June Carter Cash, was played by Reese Witherspoon. June Carter was married twice before she married Johnny, as he was still married to his first wife when he and June first met.
Reese was nominated for her first Academy Award for this role, and won the Oscar, beating Keira Knightley, Felicity Huffman, Charlize Theron and Judi Dench for the Best Actress award.
Vivian. Vivian and Johnny Cash were married from 1954 until 1966, and had four daughters. According to the film, they were dating when Johnny was serving in the military in Germany, and married soon after.
Vivian was played by Ginnifer Goodwin in "Walk the Line", she has also starred in "Mona Lisa Smile" and "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton".
Joaquin Phoenix. Johnny Cash apparently chose Joaquin Phoenix to portray him in the film, but died before the film was released. Joaquin had six months of vocal training to perfect the distinctive sound of Johnny Cash. He was nominated for the Best Actor Academy award at the 2006 Oscars, but ultimately lost out to Philip Seymour Hoffman.
James Mangold. "Walk the Line" was directed by James Mangold, who also adapted the screenplay, along with Gill Dennis, from two Johnny Cash books; "Cash: An Autobiography" and "The Man in Black". Previous Mangold films include "Identity" and "Girl, Interrupted".
| What was the name of Johnny Cash's brother who died as a child? | Walk the Line
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Jack. "Walk The Line" traced Cash's life from when he was a child, living on a farm in Arkansas, through his successes and drug problems as an adult. According to the film, Cash was particularly close to his older brother Jack, who wanted to be a preacher, but died following an accident.
| What was the name of the prison which is seen in the film as the location of one of Cash's concerts? | Walk the Line
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Folsom . The film opened at Folsom prison, before flashing back to Cash's childhood. It eventually went full circle, catching up with itself back at the prison, where Johnny Cash sang "Cocaine Blues" to the inmates of Folsom Prison, and sympathized with them over their drinking water!
Ray. Throughout the film, it was clear that the relationship between Johnny and his father was a strained one, with Johnny constantly trying to gain his father's respect, and seemingly, failing.
Tractor. This was the point of the film at which Cash's drug problems came to a head, on Thanksgiving, when he drove a tractor into a pond. June then took on the task of getting him clean of drugs.
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J.R.. His full name was Johnny Ray Cash - Ray after his father. Jack was the name of his older brother who died when Johnny was young.
| What was the name of the prison that Johnny sang at? | Walk the Line
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Folsom. The correct answer is, of course, Folsom Prison in California. During one of the low points in his life, Johnny began opening fan mail and noticed that quite a few were from inmates at various prisons. Johnny felt that he connected to the prisoners, so he went to the record label and they eventually allowed him record a live album within the prison for the inmates. The other three prisons are located in Arkansas, Johnny's home state. Folsom held such famous inmates as Rick James and Charles Manson.
The Tennessee Two. The pair consisted of auto mechanics Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant. Eventually, the name was changed to "The Tennessee Three" when they added drummer W.S. Holland.
| After Johnny purchased his lake front house, why did he invite his parents and June's family over for dinner? | Walk the Line
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Thanksgiving. During the meal, Johnny went into the story of when he was a kid. Johnny always felt he was the "bad" son, so he brought up his late brother Jack's final moments. This ended up getting his father and him into a verbal confrontation in which Johnny stormed out of the house.
Carl Smith. Through her life, June had three husbands. The first one was Carl Smith. We saw this in the movie while Johnny was in Germany and looked through a magazine. The cover picture showed June and Carl as newlyweds. Her second husband was a cop named Edwin Nix, although the movie protrayed him as a stock car driver. Her third, and final, husband was Johnny Cash. John Carter Cash was the name of their son.
| For a short period, what singer did Johnny live with? | Walk the Line
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Waylon Jennings. Johnny was close friends with Waylon Jennings, who allowed Johnny to live with him for a short time while they both went through their drug phase. Shooter Jennings, Waylon's son, portrayed his own father in the movie.
| What song were June and Johnny singing when Johnny proposed to June? This was quite a tear-jerking moment. | Walk the Line
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Jackson. As the movie neared its end, the two were performing the song on stage. Johnny stopped and explained to the audience that he couldn't sing the song anymore unless June agreed to marry him. Through tears, she managed an "all right." The scene faded out back to Johnny's home where it seems he finally patched things up with his father. Soon after, the credits rolled.
US Air Force. Johnny's job in the Air Force was a radio operator. While he was in West Germany, he wrote one of his most famous songs, "Folsom Prison Blues." This was the song that he used to secure a record deal with Sun Records.
| In the opening sequence, we heard the instrumental version of the song "Walk the Line." Later in the movie though, when Johnny took the stage at Folsom, what was the song he sang? | Walk the Line
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Cocaine Blues. After the brief conversation with the warden, Johnny took the stage in front of the Folsom inmates. He discussed his run-ins with the law and how he tipped his hat off to the Folsom inmates for having to drink the yellowish dirty water. Soon after, he began singing.
| What was the instrument June played throughout the movie? | Walk the Line
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Autoharp. Reese, who had never thought she would have to sing or play her own instruments, was paranoid. She called her attorney, agent, and manager to see about having LeAnn Rhimes audition for the role. In the end, Joaquin and Reese did sing their own songs and play their own instruments. The movie soundtrack actually used their real singing talents.
Trumpet. The song was written by June Carter and her cousin Merle Kilgore. It was first recorded by her sister Anita. Bear Family has reissued that version on CD. Johnny had a dream where he heard the song with Mexican trumpets. That instrument rarely appeared on country records. This was 1963! But he got his producer Don Law to go along. However, his former Sun producer Jack Clement gets the credit for making it work. He wrote the riff for the two trumpet players. He also arranged the instruments and played guitar on the song. It was well worth the effort. Clement later produced Cash again. This song was often Johnny's opening number in concert. Clips usually show two trumpet players with him. You really miss them in the movie. Harmonica was featured prominently in Johnny's version of "Orange Blossom Special". Studio ace Charlie McCoy played the harmonica, actually two, on the recording. Johnny learned how to play them. That way he didn't have to hire anyone!
Steel Guitar. All of Johnny's original band members were mechanics. He met them through his brother Roy. This player quit early in the Sun audition process. It was either due to stage fright, or family pressure. Would Johnny's sound have been changed for the better or worse had this member stayed? The Tennessee Two officially became The Tennessee Three after W.S. Holland joined on drums.
His dad. Ray Cash was in the audience. He was introduced at the end of the concert. You can hear it on the recording. Johnny wrote about him being there in his first autobiography, "Man in Black".
Folsom Prison Blues. He did the other songs, along with "Folsom Prison Blues", at his San Quentin concert. Both albums were huge sellers. Note: on the original releases profanities got bleeped. They are intact on the CD reissues. Is it just me? Or would you have rather they kept the bleeps?
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