Walk the Line
Love is a burning thing.
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
- Director
- James Mangold
- Worldwide
- $187M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
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The record
Awards
4 wins · 5 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 5 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
1 win
- WinnerAmanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Silver nugget for the best foreign film
1 win
- WinnerSilver nugget for the best foreign film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Walk the Line returned 6.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $28M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $187M
- Release date
- Sep 13, 2005
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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