Somewhere between pitch-perfect parodies from Christopher Guest and Co. (such as THIS IS SPINAL TAP and A MIGHTY WIND) and slapstick spoofs (such as AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN) resides the farcical biopic WALK HARD - THE DEWEY COX STORY. Taking the critically lauded Johnny Cash biopic WALK THE LINE as its most obvious inspiration, WALK HARD plows its way through every rock star cliche--from drug use and rampant sex to artistic self-indulgence and spiritual redemption--laying waste to all of them with unremitting blasts of brilliantly lowbrow comedy. Written by Judd Apatow and starring Jon C. Reilly in the title role, WALK HARD is a deliciously basic synthesis of any number of ponderous biographical narratives with the poetic raunchiness of Apatow films, such as SUPERBAD and KNOCKED UP, and the most lovably inane aspects of Reilly"s role as Cal Naughton Jr. in TALLEDEGA NIGHTS. In fact, fans will have a blast spotting the endless array of cameos by the gifted comic actors who pepper all of those films, including Jonah Hill, Kristin Wiig, Ed Helms, and Jack McBrayer, among many others. Although Reilly (whose comedic chops are on par with his skills as a dramatic player) is hilarious as the hapless rock n" roll icon Cox, and Jenna Fischer is utterly charming and slyly multifaceted as Darlene Madison (June to Dewey"s Johnny), it"s the ensemble cast that makes the film so much fun.
Product Identifiers
Producer Jake Kasdan, Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend
EAN 5050629775617
Product Key Features
Format Blu-ray
Release Year 2008
Genre Comedy
Rating 15
Language English
Additional Product Features
Running Time 92 Minutes
Leading Role Jenna Fischer, Jack Mcbrayer, Kristen Wiig, Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Tim Meadows
Director Jake Kasdan
Subtitle Languages Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Slovak, Spanish, Slovene, Finnish, Hungarian, Dutch, English, English SDH, Norwegian, Turkish, Hindi, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Icelandic, Swedish, Hebrew, Estonian,
Additional Roles by Jack Mcbrayer, Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill
Screenwriter Jake Kasdan, Judd Apatow
Sub-Genre General
