Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

Regisseur:

Jake Kasdan

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

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

Premierendatum:

21. Dezember 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Musik

Werbezeile:

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:

Concert Scene | Midget | 1970s | Prison | Groupie

Filmpreise:

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

Nutzerkommentare:

Wait and see

Besetzung

John C. Reilly	...	Dewey Cox
Jenna Fischer	...	Darlene Madison
Raymond J. Barry	...	Pa Cox
Margo Martindale	...	Ma Cox
Kristen Wiig	...	Edith
Chip Hormess	...	Nate Cox
Conner Rayburn	...	Dewey Cox - Age 8
Tim Meadows	...	Sam
Chris Parnell	...	Theo
Matt Besser	...	Dave
David Krumholtz	...	Schwartzberg
Nat Faxon	...	Stage Manager
Terrence Beasor	...	Doctor
Honeyboy Edwards	...	Old Bluesman (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards)
Gerry Black	...	Harmonica Player

Alternativ:

Walk Hard (USA) (short title)
Walk Hard - Die Dewey Cox Story (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

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

Länge:

96 Min | 120 Min (extended edition)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

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

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Apatow Productions

Dies und das:

Prints were shipped to theaters under the fake title "Long Way Up".

Pannen:

Anachronismus: 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.

Dialogzitate:

Dewey Cox: Man, this is a dark period!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Let's Duet

Wait and see

I just got back from round two with this film. "Walk Hard' the second go around made me laugh, but alas I don't think it is a comedy classic. It is however very funny especially if you know your rock music history and have seen a fair amount of music biopics.

Director Jake Kasdan continues his streak of making films that seem to be made for me, ie The Zero Effect and The T.V. Set (except Orange County which just sucked) Kasdan, bless his soul, isn't interested in making comedies that appeal to a broad audience. I find his movies very refreshing and pretty darn witty. Walk Hard continues the tradition. This time however, he does have Judd Apatow helping out. So "Walk Hard" is rife with all sorts of lowbrow humour as well. All of it is pretty funny. The film has lulls, but in this day and age of lazy spoofs like "Scary Movie" I can forgive them.

John C. Reilly nails this performance. He plays the movie silly (it is a very silly movie) yet his character still feels pretty genuine.

That genuine aspect probably makes the movie work for me. The songs are good. Kasdan and Apatow obviously have a love for the material. It's good that contemporary film makers are taking cues from Brooks and the Zucker brothers and showing a lot of love for the material while spoofing it. Something that other spoof movies fail at miserably.

So all in all...if you are a fan of all sorts of music.. Beatles to Beach Boys to Punk Rock...you just gotta see this movie

For everyone else...still pretty darn funny end kdc