WALK THE LINE Awards and Nominations
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
Awards/nominations for Walk the Line are for the year 2005 unless otherwise stated.
Academy Awards: 1 win (best actress, Reese Witherspoon); 4 additional nominations (best actor, Joaquin Phoenix; best editing, Michael McCusker; best costume design, Arianne Phillips; best sound)
American Cinema Editors: 1 win (best edited feature – comedy / musical, Michael McCusker)
Art Directors Guild: 1 nomination (best production design – contemporary film, David J. Bomba)
Boston Society of Film Critics: 1 win (best actress, Reese Witherspoon)
British Academy Awards: 2 wins (best actress, Reese Witherspoon; best sound); 2 additional nominations (best actor, Joaquin Phoenix; best music, T-Bone Burnett)
Broadcast Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best actress, Reese Witherspoon; best soundtrack); 2 additional nominations (best film; best actor, Joaquin [...]
by Andre Soares | February 15, 2006
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WALK THE LINE – Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
Walk the Line (2005)
Direction: James Mangold
Screenplay: Gill Dennis and James Mangold, from Johnny Cash’s The Man in Black and Cash: The Autobiography
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts
Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
First of all, I must admit that before watching Walk the Line I knew nothing about Johnny Cash’s music. In fact, I used to think of Johnny Cash as a Las Vegas act in the style of Tony Bennett or Neil Diamond. If nothing else, James Mangold’s overlong and more than a tad melodramatic biopic — which he and Gill Dennis adapted from two Cash autobiographies — made me realize that Cash was a Nashville (not Vegas) act who became a [...]
by Andre Soares | February 15, 2006
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Tags: Biopics, Film Reviews, James Mangold, Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Oscar 2005, Oscar Movies, Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
