The main character is fictitious rock musician dewey cox, who has to overcome personal demons and drug addiction to rise to fame and fortune as one of the worlds top poprock musicians. Search, discover and share your favorite walk hard the dewey cox story gifs. Apart from anything else demonstrated by walk hard. Released by columbia records in 2007 88697 18248 2 containing music from walk hard. Dewey s austere beginnings marked by the sour results of a childhood machete fight give rise to megastardom and the backstage indulgences we demand from our rock biopics.
Dewey is haunted by his young brothers death and loses his sense of smell but still manages to become a successful singer. The dewey cox story original motion picture soundtrack on discogs. Singer dewey cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend. The upanddownandupagain story of musician dewey cox, whose songs would change a nation. Walk hard heavily references the film walk the line 2005. The dewey cox story tells the hardknock, ragstoriches story of musician dewey cox john c. Why paul rudd and justin long were terrified of playing. Reilly, jenna fischer, tim meadows and kristen wiig.
Listen to walk hard, guilty as charged and more from dewey cox. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Official clip white singer, black club 2 minutes 42 seconds added. One of the most iconic figures in rock history, dewey cox john c. American cox, the unbearably long, selfindulgent directors cut. By spoofing every cliche of the music movie vehicle, the terrific walk hard. The dewey cox story is gutbusting proof that when it comes to hard rocking. On his rock n roll spiral, cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own 70s tv show, collects friends ranging from elvis to the beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted toand then kicksevery drug.
The dewey cox story is explosively funny and positively maddening. The dewey cox story with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. The autobiography, the basis for walk the line 2005, johnny cash wrote about his struggle to cope with his older brother, jacks, accidental death. The dewey cox story also reveals an unabashed reverence for the same genre it roasts. Reilly was appearing in chicago onstage the other night as dewey cox, and the act may be something to fall back on if he ever gives up the daytime job. The dewey cox story original motion picture soundtrack movie songs download list.
Oct 22, 2007 a wild and wicked sendup of every musical biopic ever made, walk hard. The dewey cox story take my hand, jump little children and more. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. The dewey cox story is a 2007 american comedy film directed by jake kasdan, and written by kasdan and coproducer judd apatow. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. The dewey cox story is gutbusting proof that when it comes to hard rocking, living and laughing, a hard man is good to find.
The dewey cox story, cowritten and produced by judd apatow talladega nights. The dewey cox story original motion picture soundtrack by walk hard motion picture soundtrack on amazon music. The music of walk hard the real dewey cox commentary with jake kasdan, judd apatow, john c. A few scenes involve dewey cox having conversations with the spirit of his dead brother, nate, and finding that nate has grown older even though he died as a boy. The dewey cox story, the movie shows that he can do plausible versions of johnny cash, elvis, bob dylan, roy orbison and on and on. Given the number of highprofile musical biopics in recent years ray, walk the line, its inevitable that someone would get around to making a spoof of the genre. Taking early inspiration from ray and then running straight through the script of walk the. The dewey cox story trailer 2007 america loves cox. Jan 04, 2008 walk hard, a parody of wartsandall popstar biopics, comes out of the judd apatow factory he produced and cowrote it, and at first it appears to be nothing more or less than this years. Justin long has revealed that he was petrified when he was cast as george harrison of the beatles in walk hard.
The dewey cox story soundtrack from 2007, composed by michael andrews, various artists. This website is not associated with any external links or websites. A parody of the biopic genre, walk hard is the story of a fictional early rock and roll star played by reilly. The dewey cox story this movie is a parody of music biopics, most notably walk the line and ray. A sendup of musical biopics ray and walk the line, walk hard. A few wide shots came across as less sharp than id like, but those instances occurred infrequently. Reilly, a musical wunderkind whose career spans several decades and all the success that entails. The dewey cox story in the theaters, i considered it the weakest of producerwriter judd apatows 2007 film trailing knockedup and superbad by a country mile.
Some comedies try too hard and suffer from poor execution. Like spinal tap, walk hard sets the bar high by attempting to create many sounds from the past, but where the tap pretty much confined themselves to a bit of merseybeat and psychedelia before settling into a metallic groove, the whole point of walk hard is to trace reillys cox character based chiefly on johnny cash through the ins and. The dewey cox story 2007 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. The dewey cox story showtimes at an amc movie theater near you. The dewey cox story 2007 columbia pictures industries, inc. Scene from 2014 love and mercy that was preparodied in 2007 walk hard duration. The dewey cox story full movie hd following a childhood tragedy. A wild and wicked sendup of every musical biopic ever made, walk hard. On his rock n roll spiral, cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own 70s tv show, collects friends ranging from elvis to the beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to, and then kicks, every drug known to man. Walk hard hard down lifes rocky road walk bold hard at my creed my code ive. Whether being hailed as the new elvis in the 50s, making a failed stab at psychedelia in the 60s, or selling out for a discofueled 70s comeback, dewey manages to embody every last cliche. The dewey cox story has a good beat and you can dance to it, though mostly youll probably just tap your foot. The dewey cox storympeg12007webripasfvhsripsdds720p1440pblu rayavchdblu raysonicsddp. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of walk hard.
Walk hard, a spoof of every musical biopic from ray to walk the line, is guilty on both counts. Only a little softness cropped into the presentation. But behind the music is the upanddownandupagain story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. Deweys austere beginnings marked by the sour results of a childhood machete fight give rise to megastardom and the backstage indulgences we demand from our rock biopics. Alan orange dec 16, 2007 dewey cox s trio of talented musicians tell us how they got together and learned to play. Marshall crenshaw wrote the title tune and van dyke parks penned one of the 1960styled psychedelic jams, black sheep. Even those considered masters of the genremel brooks with young frankenstein and blazing saddles, the zuckerabrahamszucker team with airplane. Reilly struggles with addiction and an overactive libido on the road to fame. Its a cleverly packaged story about a patently phony musician. The problem is that the movie careens between this is spinal tap genius and scary movie pandering, sometimes within the same scene. The dewey cox story wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. The dewey cox story 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This is despite the fact that longs harrison, paul rudds. Find the perfect walk hard dewey cox story stock photo.
The dewey cox story original motion picture soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2007 film walk hard. Walk hard the dewey cox story twodisc special edition. The dewey cox story 2007 trailers and clips following a childhood tragedy, dewey cox john c. The dewey cox story 2007 filme kostenlos anschauen 1440pdolby digital walk hard. Sure, its ridiculous, but all parodies are, and walk hard is ridiculously funny. The dewey cox story 2007 following a childhood tragedy, dewey cox john c. The dewey cox story isnt a spoof so much as a sceneforscene recreation. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Singersongwriter dan bern and mike viola of the candy butchers wrote most of the films songs, including theres a change a happenin, the mulatto song and hole in my pants. The dewey cox story appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2. The dewey cox story 2007 mit untertitel stream walk hard. Reilly follows a long and winding road to music stardom.
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