Johnny Cash Movies

Rare photographs and powerful performance clips highlight the gritty realities of life on the road in this release featuring twenty-two immortal classics including "Ring of Fire", "A Boy Named Sue", "I Got Stripes", and "All Over Again". ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Tom Jones: This Is Tom Jones features numerous highlights from the Welsh singer's variety show. The collection includes appearances by a number of popular musical acts including The Who, Aretha Franklin, and Joe Cocker. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

During the 1980s and '90s, professional snowboarder (or 'X-Games Pro') Craig Kelly clocked in as one of the top-tiered international competitors of his sport, then swept up a veritable pantheon of awards and honors including seven World Snowboarding Championship titles. Kelly also perfected the practice of mountain-back country riding - and developed such a longstanding affinity for that pastime that he opted to devote all of his time to it and qualified as the first accredited snowboarding mountain guide in history. In addition, Kelly developed and honed a unique spiritual philosophy related to snowboarding that explores the unity between the participant, the snowboard and the surrounding mountains. Jacques Russo's documentary homage Let It Ride interweaves two narratives: it observes and traces the history of the rise in snowboarding as an international pastime, as it relays Kelly's own personal ascent to legendary status within his field. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

The Best of the Johnny Cash Show captures a number of memorable performances from the variety show hosted by the country music legend. This collection includes performances by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Neil Young, Ray Charles, Pete Seeger, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he had with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film is structured as an extended flashback opening with Cash readying to take the stage at his historic Folsom Prison Concert. The film touches on his childhood, relating a horrific early incident from his life and establishing the troubled relationship he would have with his father (Robert Patrick). Cash joins the military and leaves home. During his time in the armed services he begins writing songs and romances a hometown girl (Ginnifer Goodwin). After the end of his duty he settles down and attempts to begin a music career, but his wife has trouble adjusting to his dreams. Cash auditions for Sam Phillips (Dallas Roberts), signs to Sun Records, and soon finds himself on tour with a roster of young soon-to-be legends that includes Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne). On this tour he meets June Carter, the daughter of the famous Carter family, and they take a liking to each other, although she refuses any serious advances from him. Cash gains world-wide fame thanks in part to the inspiration he gets from June, but eventually his marriage crumbles and he develops a serious drug addiction. The film is based on Cash's autobiographies. Phoenix and Witherspoon performed all of their own singing in the movie, just as Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo did in Coal Miner's Daughter a quarter-century before. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Explore the remarkable life and career of "The Man in Black" in this documentary that traces Johnny Cash's career from his Arkansas childhood to his later status as one of the last true country music legends. Soon after rising to fame with a series of recordings for Sam Phillips' Sun Records, Johnny Cash gained a reputation as a true rebel in the music industry. With a fan-base that spans generations and an incredible discography that includes some of the best country music ever recorded, few recording artists - country or otherwise - could claim to have had such a remarkable and enduring career. From his struggles with substance abuse and the loss of his one true love, this is the story of Johnny Cash as told by those who knew him best. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A standout cut from what proved to be the last studio album Johnny Cash released in his lifetime, "Hurt" was a song originally written and performed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, but Cash's striking interpretation gave the song's tale of chemically induced woe a greater and more haunting resonance than it ever had before. Filmmaker Mark Romanek worked with Cash to create a music video for the song that combined clips of the singer at the peak of his fame and his strength contrasted with the frail but determined artist near the end of his life; the result was a striking short film which paid a sincere if painful homage to one of America's most influential musicians. The video received such high praise that it was released on DVD; Johnny Cash: Hurt features a high-bit transfer of the film, which was also included as a bonus disc with a special edition of Cash's album American IV: The Man Comes Around. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Johnny Cash is, without question, one of the most powerful and important performers in the history of country music, and an artist whose influence has touched musicians as diverse as Marty Stuart, Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello. Johnny Cash: The Anthology is a two-part video tribute to the Man in Black's remarkable life and career, in which Cash and some of his close friends from the music world perform a handful of his best-known songs. Guest artists include Merle Haggard, George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Rodney Crowell, and Glen Campbell; songs include "I Walk the Line," "Big River," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Cry Cry Cry," "Ring of Fire," "A Boy Named Sue," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and many more. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

One of the greatest and most distinctive figures in American country music, Johnny Cash was also a major star in Europe, and in 1993 Cash made a stop in Dublin, Ireland, during a tour of the United Kingdom. The show was videotaped for television broadcast, and Johnny Cash: Cash in Ireland 1993 features Cash and his band performing 16 songs for an enthusiastic audience. For this show, Cash is joined on-stage by his wife and vocal partner, June Carter Cash, his longtime friend and fellow songwriter Kris Kristofferson, and his son, John Carter Cash. Selections include "Ring of Fire," "Folsom Prison Blues," "A Boy Named Sue," "Long Black Veil," "Forty Shades of Green," and "I Walk the Line." ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

The four legends who make up the Highwaymen appear in this performance video of a 1992 European tour. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson pool their considerable talents and showmanship in The Highwaymen: On the Road Again, performing some of their greatest hits. In the hour-long show, Cash sings the classic "Folsom Prison Blues," Nelson sings "Always on My Mind," Jennings offers "Luckenbach, Texas," and Kristofferson does a rendition of his "Help Me Make It Through the Night." ~ Alice Day, Rovi

This program features performances by the Highwaymen, a country supergroup composed of Johnny Cash, aylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson. Filmed in 1990, together the group tears through 26 songs. Sprinkled among the performances are several segments in which the men discuss their careers and what it's like to finally have the opportunity to play with each other. ~ Rob Ferrier, Rovi

This 1987 documentary presents the life story of influential singer, songwriter, and musician Jerry Lee Lewis, whose pioneering brand of country-blues-boogie shook the world of rock & roll. Nicknamed "The Killer," and a cousin of notorious televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, Lewis displayed a prodigious eclectic musical talent, absorbing and reworking blues, gospel, Al Jolson, rockabilly, and Hank Williams. This biography features interviews with Lewis and a lineup of performing artists and celebrities including Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Roy Orbison, Dick Clark, and Mickey Gilley. Highlights include concert footage of Lewis performing some of his greatest hits, such as "Great Balls of Fire," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Breathless," and "Crazy Arms." ~ Steve Blackburn, Rovi

Johnny Cash: Live from Austin TX documents the full performance that was edited down in order to create the country legend's appearance on the music show Austin City Limits. He performs a number of songs with members of The Carter Family. The setlist includes classics like "I Walk the Line," "Ghost Riders in the Sky," and "Folsom Prison Blues." ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi