Walk the Line
“Love is a burning thing.”
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
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Cast
89 people
Joaquin Phoenix
John R. Cash
Known for
Joker
Her
Reese Witherspoon
June Carter
Known for
Monsters vs Aliens
Sing
Ginnifer Goodwin
Vivian Cash
Known for
Zootopia
Once Upon a Time
Robert Patrick
Ray Cash
Known for
Scorpion
Peacemaker
Dallas Roberts
Sam Phillips
Known for
Insatiable
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Dan John Miller
Luther Perkins
Known for
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
The End of the Tour
Larry Bagby
Marshall Grant
Known for
Hocus Pocus
Saints and Soldiers
Shelby Lynne
Carrie Cash
Also in
When We Kill the Creators
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
Tyler Hilton
Elvis Presley
Known for
Extant
Charlie Bartlett
Waylon Payne
Jerry Lee Lewis
Known for
The Identical
Shooter Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Also in
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Squidbillies
Sandra Ellis Lafferty
Maybelle Carter
Known for
The Hunger Games
Prisoners
James Mangold Director · Gill Dennis Writer Johnny Cash Author
Worldwide gross $187M · Budget $28M · United States release November 18, 2005
Box office
Budget
$28,000,000
Worldwide gross
$186,800,000
Gross vs. budget
6.7×
Production
Mars Media Beteiligungs
Production
Tree Line Films
Production
Catfish Productions
Production
Fox 2000 Pictures
Production · Studio
Konrad Pictures
Production
Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United States · September 4, 2005
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · November 18, 2005
Theatrical
United States
November 13, 2005 · Premiere
Australia
February 2, 2006 · Theatrical
Austria
October 23, 2005 · Digital
Belgium
September 13, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 10, 2006 · Theatrical · mj.gov.br - Fox Film BR
Canada
September 13, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 2, 2006 · Theatrical
Estonia
February 3, 2006 · Theatrical
France
February 15, 2006 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
February 2, 2006 · Theatrical
September 2, 2025 · Theatrical · Best of Cinema
Hungary
February 2, 2006 · Digital
Ireland
February 3, 2006 · Theatrical
Italy
February 17, 2006 · Theatrical
Japan
October 26, 2005 · Digital
Netherlands
February 2, 2006 · Theatrical
August 6, 2008 · Physical · Blu ray
October 7, 2008 · TV · RTL 8
December 3, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Poland
February 17, 2006 · Digital
Portugal
February 16, 2006 · Theatrical
Romania
February 3, 2006 · Digital
South Korea
March 9, 2006 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 3, 2006 · Theatrical
Switzerland
February 2, 2006 · Digital
Türkiye
April 14, 2011 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 27, 2005 · Premiere · London Premiere
February 3, 2006 · Theatrical
May 22, 2006 · Physical · DVD
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