Another drugged-out country singer

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2006)

All the good movies are playing in Orlando, and I really don't like driving in there due to the traffic and the time, so I generally wait until I can get them on Video.
Last night I watched "Walk the Line" with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Reese won so many awards for her performance that it probably got embarrassing accepting them. She probably had to build a new wing on her house to store them. Joaquin did win a Golden Globe, but that was it. I liked him better as the evil Commodus in "Gladiator." Reese was absolutely outstanding, as I knew she would be. I really haven't liked the films she has done before this, but I always liked her acting. It really made the film worth watching.
Having said that, I must say that you have seen it all before - music star gets hooked on drugs and alcohol and is saved by an angel. Well, not entirely. I had no idea that Johnny Cash sang alongside Elvis, the Killer, and Carl Perkins. They all toured together in the 50's. This film is about Cash's early years - up to the time he married June Carter - and he was definitely rockabilly - no country at all. In that respect, it was very interesting, and I will watch it again.