My Report on the Walk the Line

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2007)

My Report on the First Forty Minutes of "Walk the Line" by Jimmy Humphrey
Johnny Cash had a mean dad and a good brother that he loved. His brother was going to be someone special, but died cutting some wood that Johnny was supposed to help with. Johnny's dad was so mean that he made them pick cotton in 100 degree heat. He also yelled and said that the Lord had taken the wrong son. Johnny's mom was nice and smart and he learned to sing from her. Then, Johnny went into the Air Force and had a mean Sergeant. He took his guitar, though, and wrote some songs. People think Johnny is weird but he married a girl he liked and moved to Memphis to sit on the porch and play music with two guys he knows. His wife thought he wasn't very good and wanted him to stop trying to sell samples door-to-door, stop playing on the porch and move to San Antonio to work for her dad. So, Johnny went to this record making store he saw on the street and told the wise, 30-year-old guy running it that he shouldn't have to pay $4 to make a record. The record guy listened to Johnny and his two friends and said he can't sell gospel but that he can sell music made by someone who was hit by a car and wrote a song telling God what he thought which is music that saves people. Then, Johnny sang a song that he wrote in the Air Force about being in Folsom prison and shooting a guy just to watch him die. He didn't sound very good to me, but he came home and said that they made a record. Johnny always started playing by saying "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" and then people would clap. Johnny was making enough money to buy his wife her dream house and a car. His wife was mean, though, and wanted Johnny to be at home and out making money at the same time which is impossible, so Johnny ended up liking this very pretty girl who was funny and who got caught on his strap earlier.
In the end I think Johnny married the second pretty girl and was famous for singing good songs and singing a song in prison.
The End.