Title: "Walk the Line"

Genre: Drama

Director: James Mangold

Producers: Cathy Konrad and James Keach

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Shelby Lynne, Robert Patrick

Synopsis: Long before he was a household name, Johnny Cash was a door-to-door salesman, a cotton picker and served a stint in the Air Force. It was a hardscrabble existence that he eventually poured into his music. Cash's early years (before he turned 30) are the focus of this biopic, which stars Phoenix as Cash and Witherspoon as his true love and wife, June Carter.

Story source: Taken from biographical events in the life of Johnny Cash and June Carter.

Studio: Fox

Factoid: To prep for his role as Johnny Cash, Joaquin Phoenix learned to play the guitar and subsequently performed all the songs in the movie — without dubbing.

Release date: Nov. 18, 2005

Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

MPAA rating: PG-13