"Walk The Line"...great movie

[Tenbender]

I also really enjoyed the film, but... Luther Perkins past away before the Folsom Prison recording, I wish that they would have shown Johnny going through that.

 

[Montana_Dawg]

I also really enjoyed the film, but... Luther Perkins past away before the Folsom Prison recording, I wish that they would have shown Johnny going through that.

Not true. Luther played that concert. It was his last major act.

The live recording was made in January 1968, and Luther died in August of that year.

 

[Tenbender]

I also really enjoyed the film, but... Luther Perkins past away before the Folsom Prison recording, I wish that they would have shown Johnny going through that.

Not true. Luther played that concert. It was his last major act.

The live recording was made in January 1968, and Luther died in August of that year.

I'm gonna have to call you on that one, in the intro to "Starkville City Jail" someone ask Johnny where Luther is and Johnny says that he's sorry to say that Luther passed away 7 months eariler.

 

[Joel Terry]

I also really enjoyed the film, but... Luther Perkins past away before the Folsom Prison recording, I wish that they would have shown Johnny going through that.

Not true. Luther played that concert. It was his last major act.

The live recording was made in January 1968, and Luther died in August of that year.

I'm gonna have to call you on that one, in the intro to "Starkville City Jail" someone ask Johnny where Luther is and Johnny says that he's sorry to say that Luther passed away 7 months eariler.

Tenbender--I think Montana's correct.

You're right about Johnny saying that about Luther, but it wasn't on the Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison recording; it was on the Johnny Cash At San Quentin recording, which was after Luther's tragic death.

Joel

 

[Tenbender]

I also really enjoyed the film, but... Luther Perkins past away before the Folsom Prison recording, I wish that they would have shown Johnny going through that.

Not true. Luther played that concert. It was his last major act.

The live recording was made in January 1968, and Luther died in August of that year.

I'm gonna have to call you on that one, in the intro to "Starkville City Jail" someone ask Johnny where Luther is and Johnny says that he's sorry to say that Luther passed away 7 months eariler.

I don't know, Tenbender--Montana might be right about that.

Joel

Give the record a listen...

 

[Joel Terry]

I also really enjoyed the film, but... Luther Perkins past away before the Folsom Prison recording, I wish that they would have shown Johnny going through that.

Not true. Luther played that concert. It was his last major act.

The live recording was made in January 1968, and Luther died in August of that year.

I'm gonna have to call you on that one, in the intro to "Starkville City Jail" someone ask Johnny where Luther is and Johnny says that he's sorry to say that Luther passed away 7 months eariler.

I don't know, Tenbender--Montana might be right about that.

Joel

Give the record a listen...

You must have the compilation album, Johnny Cash: Live At Folsom Prison And San Quentin. The two concerts took place months apart; Luther died in those months between the two concerts. Also, "Starkville City Jail" isn't on Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison, but it is on Johnny Cash At San Quentin.

Joel

 

[Joel Terry]

Re: Glen Shirley

One other trivial tidbit I picked up on watching the movie.

When Johnny is seen going through the stack of letters from prisoners later on in the movie, I noticed one letter which was addressed from "Glen Shirley".
I remember back around the time that Cash had the ABC show, he had a show where he featured an inmate playing and singing, a guy still in the the prison population who had impressed Johnny, and apparently Johnny pulled some strings for the guy. He later cut a full length LP (which I think I still have), which was actually pretty good. After this man was released, he had embarked on a music career, but ran afoul of the law and went back into prison.

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wasn't he the writer of "grey stone chapel" from "live at folsom" where JRC says to have just learned the song the night before ?

You got it, teledude.

Joel

 

[jaimed]

Free "Walk The Line" posters

Charlotte GC has free "Walk The Line" posters at the door.

Not THE movie poster, but good for a freebee.

Maybe check your local GC.

jamie

 

[BLACKCAT69]

I also really enjoyed the film, but... Luther Perkins past away before the Folsom Prison recording, I wish that they would have shown Johnny going through that.

Not true. Luther played that concert. It was his last major act.

The live recording was made in January 1968, and Luther died in August of that year.

I'm gonna have to call you on that one, in the intro to "Starkville City Jail" someone ask Johnny where Luther is and Johnny says that he's sorry to say that Luther passed away 7 months eariler.

I don't know, Tenbender--Montana might be right about that.

Joel

Give the record a listen...

You must have the compilation album, Johnny Cash: Live At Folsom Prison And San Quentin. The two concerts took place months apart; Luther died in those months between the two concerts. Also, "Starkville City Jail" isn't on Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison, but it is on Johnny Cash At San Quentin.

Joel

Luther played Folsom for sure. Today I purchased a book about the concert for an X-mas gift for someone. I just had a look...he was still kicking then. Here's the book: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/AS...66182/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_3_9/701-6253444-9144352

 

[Joel Terry]

I finally saw Walk The Line with my wife tonight, and I have to say it's one of the very movies I've seen of late that was truly excellent. I thought it was wonderfully directed and written. Joaquin Phoenix had Johnny's mannerisms down cold, and looked more like Johnny as the movie progressed. His own singing voice in no way detracted from the movie; I applaud him for effort alone.

Of course, Reese Witherspoon absolutely nailed June Carter, and even moreso as the movie progressed, just as Joaquin Phoenix did.

The concert scenes were my favorite, because, along with watching the performance, I was looking at the musical instruments. (Spoken like a true guitarist, huh? )

In my opinion, about the only thing that marred the film--albeit in a very minor way--was Shooter Jennings' portrayal of his father as some long-haired quasi-hippie...long before long hair and hippiedom had hit the scene at that time--1964, 1965. Frankly, Shooter's scenes should have be relegated to the editing room floor; they weren't particularly essential to the film.

Dan John Miller nailed Luther's facial expressions and overall look, and seemed to convey Luther's deliberate, slow movement and speech. And he stood like a post while playing, just as Luther did.

My wife is not a fan of country music, and is by no means a fan, per se, of Johnny Cash. I thought she'd hate the movie, or, at best, be indifferent to it. I was quite shocked when she said it was one of the best movies she'd ever seen. And Sherrye does not hand out compliments freely. So we had a good time. (Plus, we live on Old Hickory/Mt. Juliet side of Old Hickory Lake, and can look just across the lake to the Hendersonville side to see Johnny's house. So the scenes where Johnny buys the house, has the Thanksgiving dinner with the Carter Family, wrestles with the tree stump on his tractor, and falls into the lake were poignant to us from a purely geographical point of view. I don't think those shots were actually made at the Cash home in Hendersonville, but the Old Hickory Lake shoreline in the film looks quite accurate. )

Walk The Line will definitely be in the Terry's DVD collection whenever it's released.

You don't have to be a Johnny Cash fan to appreciate the film, I believe, to really be moved by it or enjoy it. A powerful film. I'd recommend everyone see it or rent it when it comes out on DVD.

Joel

 

[jpkusa]

Carl Perkins

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[mista breeze]

Luther "Been there done that"..or to the effect of

Saw the movie other night...I give it a thumbs up...really enjoyed it. I thought they actors were great. A cool moment if anyone recalls is when the guys are drinking beer..rehearsing on a stage..."Waylon"shows Luther some lead licks and tells him something to the effect "why dont you try that"?....Luther gives deadpan expression "Been there..done that"....which I thought was great.

 

[chipl]

Saw it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it

and thought it was great. Here's my $9.50's worth (that's what I paid).

It is definitely is way up there in terms of movie music bio-pics...and no doubt we've all seen our share. I think we're lucky to have Ray and Walk the Line in the past 18 months.

Thought it was very well-acted, from the leads to the supporting cast, especially the guy who played Luther Perkins, from that first lazy cigarette on Johnny's porch to those last licks. (I loved how the movie put Elvis into into a context..one of the original Sun Boys, but soon to head over the cliff...) The music (see footnote below) all worked for me, and I thought both JP and RW did a superb job on capturing the characters, vocally and otherwise.

Johnny Cash's life surely was mythic, a theme that always works well in Hollywood but I also thought the movie told a wonderfully human story about one man, albeit a very talented/sometimes tormented man, on the road, to rock, to roll, to ruin, to redemption through what musta been one of the great love affairs of all time between Johnny and June....brought tears to me eyes more than once.

* Musical Footnote:
I thought T Bone Burnett did a great job with the background music...at one point I thought I heard Bill Frisellish playing this strange, slow, swampy Southern thing on electric guitar. The credits went by too fast for me catch all the good talent that contributed to the score, Mr. Frisell was definitely in there. How cool is that?

And the guitars and amps all seem to be historically correct...I too drooled when I saw that Tele or Broadcaster hanging up in the German music store in 52 ...(Now did that REALLY happen? LOL)

One of my favorite musical moments was how the director/and Burnett used that rag-popping shoeshine scene where Johnny watches better off guys get their shoes shined...then later on we see him do "Get Rhythm"

Johnny Cash was obviously a larger than life character, and of course, a movie can't tell the whole story, but I felt this one got a lot of things right, especially about the era and the times around the birth of rock and roll.

The movie didn't and couldn't go into the other aspects of his career, like his duets with Dylan (now who would we pick to play Bob?), and his later connections and amazingly contemporary recordings with Rick Rubin in the last years of his life. (any casting suggestions here?)

I was a big Johnny Cash fan before this flick came out, but the movie made me even a bigger one.

 

[stephent2]

Loved it. I've been avoiding this thread until I'd had a chance to see the flick.

In the movie trailers I was not impressed w/ JP as JC, but it didn't take me long to warm up to him on the big screen. I thought he captured that slightly crazed look Cash could give from time to time. His (JPs) singing wasn't bad, JCs phrasing is so odd it would be difficult to not come across as a parody when trying to do him, i thought it was exceptional.

Liked the screenplay, acting, music, guitars, and Reese Witherspoon. A hit all the way around.

 

[Twin Reiver]

Hey Joel (or anybody ...)

Do you know if the story in the movie about how he found the house is true?

It really is a beautiful house. I was just out there today. Went to see a friend in Hendersonville. I got chills being out there. It was gray and windy, and I really could feel his presence there. It was also sad because the house is for sale (I heard for $2 million, which seems awfully cheap for it). The two houses next door are where Roy Orbison lived. One of which is the house that burned and claimed his son's life, I believe. I think Marty Stuart lives there now.

 

[Buckocaster51]

Kids...

See the movie.

It's a good 'un.

My only complaint is that we didn't get to hear Luther play the boogie strange.

 

[Platefire]

The wife and I went and saw it on the 25th. I read about it on this very post and got interested. Johnny Cash was always around with a song on the radio, on a TV program, on a record or tape throughout my whole lifetime and only now I'm realizing the void left by his absence. It's kinda tough seeing all the old Stars like Johnny that was always around passing on. I never thought of myself as a JC fan but just seeing this movie made me think he was more important to me than I realized. The movie was a great experiance for me. I always especially notice the guitars/amps on these type movies and as already stated, done pretty well! I liked the way Luther was calling out cords in their first recording session. Not exactly the Nashville number system, har! Oh course that wasn't invented yet! They didn't try to suger coat all his drug problems and was pretty straight forward about all his issues. He was a pioneer of his own sort and who can resist throwing in a Luther rythem lick in a song when the feel calls for it. Platefire

 

[51mike]

Saw it yesterday, loved it. But then I love all the biopics of music people. The slight differences in instruments didn't bother me much.
In "That Thing You Do" the only instrument differences I found was that the cymbals used were Sabian, a company not yet in existance at the time, but they looked enough like old Zildjians to pass muster.

 

[Professor SourTone]

Did anyone else notice they got Scotty Moore's amp right for the film? You could see it for just a second-looked just like the brown Butts Echo-sonic he used. I thought that was some great detail.

There used to be a repairman here in London - now retired - called Bill Dunn. I went to see him one day and he told me Scotty had just been in to pick up his old amp from him after a repair.

 

[Lane in MS]

Pardon my ignorance

What was the significance of him removing the cigarette?