Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

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Movie
German title Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Original title Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length Theatrical version: 96 minutes
Extended version: 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jake Kasdan
script Judd Apatow ,
Jake Kasdan
production Judd Apatow,
Jake Kasdan,
Clayton Townsend
music Michael Andrews
camera Uta Briesewitz
cut Tara Timpone ,
Steve Welch
occupation

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is an American comedy film from the year 2007 . Directed by Jake Kasdan , who also wrote the script together with Judd Apatow . It is a parody of musicians' biopics such as Walk the Line in particular .

action

The film tells of the life of the fictional musician Dewey Cox from the small community of Springberry in the state of Alabama. Not only is community life arduous enough in the 1940s, the younger of the two Cox brothers, Dewey, stands in the shadow of his more talented brother Nate.

Little Cox caused an accident while playing with Nate, in which his brother's body was cut up by a razor-sharp machete. His father says the wrong child was killed . Dewey is plagued by guilt and falls into a depression, as a result of which he loses his sense of smell.

At the age of 14, Dewey took part in a talent competition with unexpectedly great success and soon afterwards left his parents' house with his new girlfriend Edith. At 15 he already has a child and dreams of a great career as a musician. When he steps in for a famous musician in the nightclub where he works as a cleaning man, he is discovered and lands his first big hit with Walk Hard .

On his tours he meets celebrities like Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley again and again . At one gig, he finally starts smoking marijuana , and from then on he also cheats on his wife Edith with countless young women. When his mother dies while she is dancing to his music, he sinks deeper and deeper into the drug swamp. After an ecstatic appearance, he meets Darlene Madison, with whom he sings a duet. It starts to crackle between the two. They finally get married, but Edith shows up on their wedding night. Both women separate from him. The drug crashes are increasing. He is eventually arrested at 21 for drug possession and underwent rehab. Darlene visits him in rehab and the two find each other again. Dewey became a hippie in 1966 , began a folk career and traveled to India with the Beatles . There he tries LSD and turns completely off. His concept album fails because of his completely absurd ideas, his band and finally his wife leave him.

In another withdrawal, he has a vision of his brother who drives him to start over. However, Dewey suffers from writer's block . He tries to make a comeback on the broadcaster CBS , but the series The Incredible Hulk hits him again and again. He decides to come to terms with his father. However, the latter challenges him to a machete duel and accidentally cuts himself in half. Dying, he forgives his son.

Dewey decides to go home and looks after his 36 children and stepchildren. Darlene, who broke up with Glen Campbell , returns to him and they lead a civil life. As a famous gangsta rapper with a Walk Hard - Sample a hit lands, Cox gets a lifetime award. He is performing live for the first time in 25 years, but dies, as a fade-in announces, three minutes after his performance.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was no more humorless parody attempt, but was better than the numerous parodies before; many jokes would still not work. He mainly parodies the film Walk the Line . John C. Reilly give the cliché character of Dewey Cox human quality.

Michael Rechtsshaffen described the film in The Hollywood Reporter on December 17, 2007 as a perfectly tuned musical comedy that would finally make the talented John C. Reilly a star (“a pitch-perfect musical comedy that at long last moves the talented John C. . Reilly up the billing ladder from second banana to top banana ").

Awards

John C. Reilly for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical and the song Walk Hard for Best Film Song were nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Los Angeles . Production costs were estimated at 35 million US dollars . The widespread release in US theaters began on December 21, 2007; By January 6, 2008, the film grossed approximately $ 17.3 million.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Technical Specifications) . Internet Movie Database . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Film review by James Berardinelli, accessed December 20, 2007
  3. ^ Film review by Michael Rechtshaffen, accessed on December 20, 2007
  4. ^ Filming locations for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, accessed December 20, 2007
  5. ↑ Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story premiere dates, accessed December 20, 2007
  6. ^ Box office / business for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, accessed January 15, 2008