《Walk the Line》　與歌同行　與珍貴的愛情相伴

No.097　《Walk the Line》　與歌同行　與珍貴的愛情相伴

英文導(dǎo)讀

Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and based on the early life and career of country music artist Johnny Cash. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick.

James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he had with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film is structured as an extended flashback opening with Cash readying to take the stage at his historic Folsom Prison Concert. The film touches on his childhood, relating a horrific early incident from his life and establishing the troubled relationship he would have with his father (Robert Patrick). Cash joins the military and leaves home. During his time in the armed services he begins writing songs and romances a hometown girl (Ginnifer Goodwin). After the end of his duty he settles down and attempts to begin a music career, but his wife has trouble adjusting to his dreams. Cash auditions for Sam Phillips (Dallas Roberts), signs to Sun Records, and soon finds himself on tour with a roster of young soon-to-be legends that includes Elvis Presley (Tyler Hilton) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne). On this tour he meets June Carter, the daughter of the famous Carter family, and they take a liking to each other, although she refuses any serious advances from him. Cash gains world-wide fame thanks in part to the inspiration he gets from June, but eventually his marriage crumbles and he develops a serious drug addiction. The film is based on Cash's autobiographies. Phoenix and Witherspoon performed all of their own singing in the movie, just as Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo did in Coal Miner's Daughter a quarter-century before.

Walk the Line was released on November 18, 2005 in 2,961 theaters, grossing $22.3 million on its opening weekend. It went on to earn $119.5 million in North America and $66.9 million in the rest of the world for a total of $186.4 million, well above its $28 million budget making it a box office success.

The film was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Actress (Reese Witherspoon), and Best Costume Design (Arianne Phillips).

獲獎情況

2006年第78屆奧斯卡：最佳女主角獎，并榮獲最佳男主角提名、最佳服裝設(shè)計提名、最佳剪輯提名、最佳混音提名。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：詹姆斯·曼高德

編?。杭獱?middot;丹尼斯、詹姆斯·曼高德

主演：杰昆·菲尼克斯、莉絲·威瑟斯彭、羅伯特·帕特里克、謝爾比·林恩

類型：劇情、愛情、音樂、傳記

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國、德國

上映日期：2005-11-18（美國）

片長：136分鐘、153分鐘（加長版）

又名：《一往無前》《為你鐘情》《弦途有你》

劇情簡介

約翰·卡什（杰昆·菲尼克斯　飾）本是個美國阿肯色州鄉(xiāng)村小子，兒時的一場意外，奪去了他弟弟的生命。從此，他便活在父親（羅伯特·帕特里克　飾）的譴責(zé)和嘲諷下，不得翻身。

熱愛音樂的他，慢慢以鄉(xiāng)村歌手的身份成名，建立了自己的家庭。但在外出巡演時，他染上了毒品，不能自拔，毒品將他帶入深淵。

妻子薇薇安（詹妮弗·古德溫飾）帶著孩子離開了他，他只好去找心儀已久、但因婚姻暫時無法在一起的女歌手瓊·卡特（莉絲·威瑟斯彭飾）。卡特給予了他很大的支持，并且努力幫助他戒毒。但是，在感情方面，卡特卻一次次地拒絕他的求愛。最后，戒毒成功的卡什得以重啟事業(yè)，和卡特的愛情也終成正果。

制作花絮

早在1997年拍攝《警察帝國》時，導(dǎo)演曼高德就已經(jīng)萌發(fā)拍攝本片的想法，并告知了自己的妻子兼制片人凱茜·康拉德，兩人經(jīng)過商議找到了卡什的好友詹姆斯·基徹，三人很快就開始著手于這部關(guān)于卡什的電影。

曼高德與編劇吉爾·丹尼斯著手該片劇本的同時，還在查閱卡什曾經(jīng)出版過的兩本自傳，分別為1986年的《黑衣人》和1997年的《現(xiàn)金自傳》，而且兩人開始仔細地研讀卡什和瓊的歌曲，不遺余力的在世界上的每個角落搜尋卡什早年錄制的唱片，這些唱片不僅因年代久遠而稀有，同時也是窺探當(dāng)時卡什思想和情感的窗口。

重點學(xué)習(xí)

The film touches on his childhood

文中的touch on是英語中一常用搭配，是“提及；談及”的意思，比如：There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on. （此外還有另一點我覺得我應(yīng)該講一講。）

And they take a liking to each other

文中的take a liking to是英語中一常用搭配，此搭配中的to是介詞，是“愛上…，喜歡上…；對…產(chǎn)生好感”的意思，比如：The tender committee have take a liking to your bid.（投標委員會對你們的報價很滿意。）

單詞時間

courtship[?k?:t?ip] n. 求愛；求婚；求愛期

historic[his?t?rik] adj. 有歷史意義的；歷史上著名的i

ncident[?insid?nt] n. 事件，事變；插曲

military[?milit?ri] n. 軍隊；軍人

roster[?r?st?] n. 花名冊；執(zhí)勤人員表；逐項登記表

crumble[?kr?mbl] vi. 崩潰；破碎，粉碎

autobiography[??:t?ubai??ɡr?fi] n. 自傳；自傳文學(xué)

costume[?k?stju:m] n. 服裝，裝束；戲裝，劇裝