reese witherspoon and joaquin phoenix really are singing right? god this movie is so awesome.
2006-07-16 18:19:49 · 9 answers · asked by kellyduhhh 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
yup they are singing
Considering the formula junk coming out of Hollywood these days, I was blown away by how good this movie was. The direction was perfect. Using close ups to get us in under the skin of Johnny Cash. And since it was a period piece, he could have bored us with lots of cgi of Memphis and L.A. to take us back in time. Instead he used the actors and the music to take us there. Biopics naturally have a formula to them, but the director and screenwriter did not take us down the track of overly sentimental scenes. These were real and done with a bit of well placed humor. Just like real life. Afterall you still have to follow the real lives of Johnny and June. You can't make it up, just to be original! The movie was also a movie you can take most of the family to. No nudity and sex to SHOW how in love they are, just real dialog...it's nice to hear REAL dialog and not just another chase scene, or four letter word. Yes, some movies need that to tell the story, this one doesn't. This movie goes onto my short list of great biopics, with "Ray". Not much else comes close to Ray or Walk the Line. The true test of any biopics is: can you still understand the plot even if you never heard of the people the movie is about. This movie is a great love story even if you never heard of Johnny and June Cash. Oscars all around I say! Plus I loved the Rockabilly music through out the movie.
2006-07-16 18:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by JoYbOy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every member of the cast of "Walk the Line" were required to sing all their own parts. An interesting tidbit is that the idea for the film was in progress while both John and June Cash were still alive. John actually CHOSE Joaquin Pheonix to play him; and June Carter Cash CHOSE Reese Witherspoon to play her. The both died in 2003, but they did sign off on the movie before they died.
2006-07-16 19:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by ssavage23 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really enjoyed watching it and I thought the actors did a fantastic job with the singing. Reese was awesome and although I knew alittle about Jonny Cash before I learnt a lot more from the movie and gained a better appreciation for his music.
2006-07-16 22:57:22 · answer #3 · answered by sticky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, really singing, Joaquin actually learned guitar for this role as well.
2006-07-16 18:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by A-Bouncy C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they did their own singing. But it was "sweetened" in the studio so it's not like their performances in the movie sounded precisely like that.
2006-07-16 18:44:07 · answer #5 · answered by reel_life1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about it, it's a musical movie like Phantom of the Opera.
2006-07-16 18:23:30 · answer #6 · answered by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They really are singing.
2006-07-16 18:22:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are and they sing on the soundtrack for the movie, too.
2006-07-16 18:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by skylightdan1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's great.
2006-07-16 18:23:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋