Primarily the story of the love that grew between country stars Johnny Cash and June Carter during the early years of Cash's career, WALK THE LINE is the result of intense collaboration between director James Mangold, co-writer Gill Dennis, Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash. Though both Cashes died in 2003, they oversaw the script?s development for seven years. Mangold and Cash?s insistence that the film?s stars would actually sing paid off. Witherspoon?s singing (as June) is lovely, and Phoenix?s contains the raw energy and soul that defined Cash?s sound. Even as a child on a cotton farm in Depression-era Arkansas, Cash shows a strong interest in music, escaping from his no-frills life and strict father (Robert Patrick) through hymns and listening to the radio. When his brother dies in a freak accident, young Johnny feels responsible, and worries that he will never live up to his brother?s goodness. The film follows Cash through his first marriage with Vivian Cash (Ginnifer Goodwin) and into the early s...