Posted on 11/10/2005 3:19:32 PM PST by Liberty Valance
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Kathy Cash, one of Johnny Cash's five children, was so upset about how her mother is portrayed in the upcoming movie "Walk the Line" that she walked out of a family-only screening _ five times.
She thinks the movie, which opens nationwide Nov. 18, is good and that performances by Joaquin Phoenix as her dad and Reese Witherspoon as her stepmother, June Carter Cash, are Oscar-worthy.
But she also said the film unfairly shows her mother, Vivian Liberto Distin, Johnny Cash's first wife, as a shrew. Actress Ginnifer Goodwin plays her in the movie.
"My mom was basically a nonentity in the entire film except for the mad little psycho who hated his career. That's not true. She loved his career and was proud of him until he started taking drugs and stopped coming home," Kathy Cash said.
Vivian Liberto Distin died earlier this year as a result of complications from lung cancer. She and Cash were married 13 years and had four children together. He pledged to remain faithful to her in his song "I Walk the Line."
Kathy Cash also said the movie fails to include any meaningful scenes with the children or show the pain she and her three sisters endured during their father's fight with drugs and their parents' divorce. She says it portrays Johnny Cash's father too negatively.
"Anyone who wants a good sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll movie is gonna love it," she said. "I'm anticipating dyed-in-the-wool fans objecting to a lot of stuff."
June Carter wrote Ring of Fire about going to hell for dumping her husband for this junkie and dragging her family name through the mud.
Ring Of Fire
Written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore
Recorded by Johnny Cash on 3/25/63
Number one - County Chart; Number 17 - Pop Chart
Wow. Thanks for posting those lyrics and stories.
Classic Johnny Cash.
It's kind of funny because for years I thought Cash wrote the song himself about his own drug addiction and was very surprised to find that Carter wrote the lyrics.
Little girl thinks the movie is about her and Mommy. Typical female self-centered point of view.
Get your flame resistant suit on with that comment. ;)
Did anybody see the Tribute to Johnny Cash thing on CBS tonight?
It may be just me but the performances (with a couple of exceptions) really SUCKED and it really just seemed like a commercial for the movie.
I thought she was already divorced when she met Johnny Cash?
Am I incorrect?
Not necessarily.
I saw it tonight and it was great!
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