Why James Mangold didn't let Walk Hard stop him from making musical biopics: 'I don't want to be satire'd out of telling stories' By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of ...

The up-and-down-and-up-again story of musician Dewey Cox, whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 36 kids, stars in his ...

Did Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox story provide a blistering satire of the beats of the musical biopic genre? Yes. Does James Mangold, who wrote and directed Walk the Line, which is heavily referenced ...

In 2007, “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” hit theaters and ruined the musical biopic forever. No one was safe. “Ray,” “La Bamba,” you name it; whatever the movie, “Walk Hard ...

Jenna Fischer and John C. Reilly in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) (Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection) With a $28 million budget, Walk the Line grossed more than $186 million.

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