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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396144859
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: March 07, 2006
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 12167
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
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Definitely not to be confused with 2005's much-honored Walk the Line, director John Frankenheimer's 1970 film I Walk the Line uses the music of Johnny Cash to tell a very different story. Gregory Peck is Henry Tawes, the sheriff of a depressed and depressing rural backwater whose life goes pretty much straight into the outhouse once he lays eyes on Alma McCain (Tuesday Weld), daughter of a local moonshiner. Bored with his job and his home life alike, Tawes may not suffer fools, but he's only too willing to become one once Alma, an irresistible and much younger Tennessee tart (Peck was in his mid-fifties at the time; Weld was nearly three decades behind him), starts pulling his strings at the behest of her pa (Ralph Meeker), who's using his daughter to help, uh, persuade the sheriff to overlook his criminal activities. It's obvious from the git-go that none of this will turn out well for our hero, and while Frankenheimer (who directed the original Manchurian Candidate) and screenwriter Alvin Sargent (a future Oscar winner for Ordinary People and Julia) do a decent job of keeping the tension mounting, the film never quite catches fire. Part of that is due to the measured, laconic performance delivered by Peck, who has a certain dignity that keeps him from really inhabiting his role; much more convincing is Charles Durning as his deputy, a donut-eating, law-bending Southern slug. On the other hand, it's always nice to hear Cash delivering the classic title song, even if his several other tunes featured in I Walk the Line fall somewhat short of that standard. --Sam Graham
Product Description:
A married backwoods Tennessee sheriff falls in love with a teenager whose father is a moonshiner. The sheriff becomes involved in the illicit operations making sure his men and federal agents stay clear of the stills. When a deputy stumbles upon the still and is killed this makes the sheriff an accomplice to the crime.System Requirements:Run Time: 97 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 043396144859 Manufacturer No: 14485
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The movie, I Walk the Line, was not well known for many years. I tried for 25 years to obtain a tape of this movie, but it was not available. Finally, a few years ago, it became available on DVD.
Fine acting by all the characters. You get a sense quite early that the ending will not be a happy one.
This is a "must-see" film for any fan of Johnny Cash. His background singing is excellent, and each song reflects the mood of the scene.
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Not to be confused with the much lauded-and righly so-Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line" this is a gritty slice of downbeat country noir that has much going for it but ultimately becomes a rather gruelling exercise for audiences
Gregory Peck stars as dour but honest Tennessee backwoods sheriff Henry Tawes ,stuck in a routine marriage and feeling his life slipping by .He falls head over heels in love with nubile teenager Alma McCain (Tuesday Weld)a decision that proves to have disastrous ... Read More
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I don't know what Amazon has against this film. This was another spur of the moment buy, and again I wasn't disappointed. The acting is excellent--everyone is terrific in their role, especially Weld and Peck, who each play off the other's hidden agenda quite well. They're both manipulative and decitful, but she's the more "honest" in only trying to help her family. On the other hand, Peck's character is just downright creepy, with some deep-seated control freak issues that just compresses him more ... Read More
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This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Not just about temptation but about longing for a life (even if unattainable) that does not so much resemble the hell that is your own. To me, it's about someone who is emotionally dead (peck) trying desperately to live again thru his impossible dream of running away with a moonshiner's daughter who is probably just using him. Weld's performance is, in a word, haunting. No matter how many times you see this film, you never REALLY know what she is thinking. ... Read More
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I Walk The Line had major potential...but the ending to this film is lowsy!! If you want to see a film about an older man's obsession with a younger woman...see the far superior classic Lolita or the remake of Lolita from 1997!!!
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