Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, who sang every song themselves, completely shined in this movie. Upon returning, Cash's obsession leads him to a recording studio and into the spotlight with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon) as well as Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and the comical Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Payne.) The next emotional hour and 45 minutes is filled with great music, drug dependency, infidelity, and most of all love. Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) leaves for the air force, where he is stationed in Germany, buys an old guitar and proceeds to write one of the most recorded songs in history along with many others. Shortly afterwards, a family tragedy changes his life forever. The movie begins with a young, music obsessed 'J.R.' Cash growing up in a poor cotton farming family in Arkansas. This romantic tragedy, which is based on the autobiographies of Johnny Cash The Man in Black and Cash: the Autobiography was actually written and perfected alongside the famous duo Cash and June Carter Cash before their deaths in 2003. the producer and the director were willing to listen they were openminded.Forget North Country, Walk the Line directed by James Mangold (Girl Interrupted) and written by Mangold and Gill Dennis is the better 2005 Oscar contender. 'I wasn't that hands-on during the production, but in working on the script and whatnot I was very involved.' He explained, 'I complained all the way through it, just about the things I don't think my father would have said or did or maybe I'd question the historical accuracy. 'I was quite a bit involved,' he told Express. John has done some film production, as well, notably for the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. John has also worked as a producer with other musicians including equally big names like Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, and Emmylou Harris. He was a producer on Johnny's albums American III: Solitary Man (2000) and American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002), and June's albums Press On (1999) and Wildwood Flower (2003).

He is also a producer and has worked on both of his parents' music. John has released three solo albums as a country music singer-songwriter: Bitter Harvest (2003), The Family Secret (2010), and We Must Believe In Magic (2018).

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