how can a Movie about the life of Johnny Cash....

[WCGreen]

Be rated PG-13....

I mean, his life was rated somewhere between Caligulla and Kieth Richards....

What's up with the sanitized version....

[Mike Daniels]

1. Because they're focusing almost exclusively on Johnny/June relationship

Script had to clear the family's approval as well.

Besides, given that horror fims and teenage sex romps consistently get PG-13 clearance nowadays I don't see how this specific focus on Cash's life story necessary requires an "R" rating anyway.

[elehhhhna]

3. So they left out the part where he knocked up June's sister, huh?

[displacedtexan]

2. Beats me. The same goes for Loretta and Tammy movies, too.

Loretta Lynn was a hard core honky tonker back in the day. She used to play seedy clubs in Ft. Worth and her kids would sit on the bar while she sang. (or so my dad used to say...)

While we're on the subject, why do actors always get nominated for (and sometimes actually win) major awards for country western roles? I just don't get it-- unless they get extra points for risking looking like fools.

[Divameow77]

4. The buzz on this one is

that both Reese and Phoenix are excellent.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. that's all i care about

I don't see commercial films for historical accuracy. :shrug:

[Shell Beau]

6. Well I have seen clips, and from the little I have seen,

if they were to win, it would be WELL deserved. I am going to see the movie this weekend!! :)

[WCGreen]

7. Cause they want the hayseeds to keep a comin' to the

picture shows....

[Left Is Write]

10. I've seen clips of the movie.

Joaquin Phoenix seems to be channeling Johnny Cash himself - an actor who can completely step into the role of another person and BECOME that person so convincingly deserves Oscar buzz. I don't see what it has to do with being a "country western role."

[LynneSin]

11. Don't you knock Sissy!!!

I'm not a country-western fan but I absolutely adore "Coal Miner's Daughter". Sissy Spacek absolutely ruled in that movie and deserved her Oscar win!

[WCGreen]

12. Yea, I can watch that movie over and over...

The Patsy cline story, not so much....

There is this great show called the Concert Hank Never Gave, about the dreams of Hank Williams as he lay dyin' in the back seat of his car....

[Rising Phoenix]

8. I can't wait to see this movie...

sanitized version or no...I hear the acting is great... and I love Johnny Cash

[WCGreen]

9. I'm goin' to see it, all right....

Just askin' why they felt they had to tame it down....

These people's lives are clear cut examples of what heppens when you are raised in poverty and debachement and yet are treated to a full day of attonment and god each and every week...

It's that sinner savior thing that gives the music such a rich undertone....

Well, the good stuff, not shania hill or Kenny McGraw....

[In_The_Wind]

13. Someone got a little carried away ...

:shrug: