Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

Director:

Jake Kasdan

Writers (WGA):

Judd Apatow (written by) &
Jake Kasdan (written by)

Release Date:

21 diciembre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Frase comercial:

Life made him tough. Love made him strong. Music made him hard.

Plot:

Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding Night | Rock Star | 1990s | Record Producer | Bigamy

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Different style but another great one from Apatow gang

Cast

Nat Faxon	...	Awards Show Stage Manager
John C. Reilly	...	Dewey Cox
Tim Meadows	...	Sam
Conner Rayburn	...	Dewey - Age 8
Chip Hormess	...	Nate
Raymond J. Barry	...	Pa Cox
Terrence Beasor	...	Country Doctor
Margo Martindale	...	Ma Cox
Honeyboy Edwards	...	Old Bluesman (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
Gerry Black	...	Harmonica Player
Aron Johnson	...	Teenage Band
Jack Donovan Saperstein	...	Teenage Band (as Jack Saperstein)
Taylor Hubert	...	Teenage Band (as Taylor Jamison Hubert)
Christopher Hurt	...	Teenage Band
Matt Price	...	MC

También conocida como:

Walk Hard (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language.

Duración:

96 min | 120 min (extended edition)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Singapore:R21 | Australia:MA | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | USA:R | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | South Africa:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Germany:12 | Ireland:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Apatow Productions

Trivialidades:

The photograph on the poster is based on the famous Joel Brodsky photo of Jim Morrison, which was used for the Best of The Doors album cover.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the background in the orchestra scene, a Sabian cymbal can be seen. This scene takes place in 1966, but Sabian Cymbals was founded in 1981.

Quotes:

Dave: [the boys are yelling complaints to Dewey] You slept with my wife!
Theo: Yeah, and you slept with me! You slept with me ten years ago, and I've had confused feelings about it ever since!

Movie Connections:

References "Charlie's Angels" (1976)

Soundtrack:

Beautiful Ride

Different style but another great one from Apatow gang

As a huge fan of the previous Apatow movies, I drove recklessly through traffic to make it into an early screening of Walk Hard, and I'm happy I did. I think this movie is a different direction for Judd and his band, as it is more similar to Airplane in style than it is to Knocked Up. But that impressed me that they took that risk and made it work -- and it definitely worked as me and the rest of the theatre were laughing with regularity.

Without getting too much into the details of the movie because I hate spoilers, the thing that made this movie great to me was the unexpected humor. Like Airplane, there are a lot of times when you just don't see the next line coming, and those are the best laughs. Besides John C. Reilly in the lead role, who obviously got a lot of the funniest lines, Tim Meadows as Dewey Cox's drummer really cracked me up, and Paul Rudd as Jon Lennon cracked up the entire theatre.

It was definitely one of those movies where you're recalling a lot of funny parts a day later. So while it may be a different type of movie than the Apatow groups' other work, the sense of funny is still there, and I think this is up there with the best comedies of the year.