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film by James Mangold

For the song, see I Walk the Line. For the TV series, see Walk the Line (TV series).

For other uses, see Walk the Line (disambiguation).

Walk the Line is a American biographicaldrama film directed by James Mangold. The screenplay, written by Mangold and Gill Dennis, is based on two autobiographies by the American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash: Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words () and Cash: The Autobiography ().

Biographical film

The film follows Cash's early life, his romance with the singer June Carter, his ascent in the country music scene, and his drug addiction. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Cash, Reese Witherspoon as Carter, Ginnifer Goodwin as Cash's first wife Vivian Liberto, and Robert Patrick as Cash's father.

Walk the Line premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, , and was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on November It received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $ million on a $28