Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2-Disc Unrated Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2-Disc Unrated Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
by Jake Kasdan

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2-Disc Unrated Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

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Actor: David Krumholtz, John C. Reilly, Margo Martindale, Odette Yustman, Raymond J. Barry
Director: Jake Kasdan
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Uta Briesewitz
Composer: Michael Andrews
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2-Disc Unrated Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: Very funny R Rated Comedy!
Summary: 5 Stars

If you like like movies like Spinal Tap than give Walk Hard a try,I got this brand new at a Big Lots store for only [...] bucks and it was $ well spent,I got the Thatrical Widescreen Edition DVD,will be buying the 2 disc Unrated Blu Ray when the the price drops enough! A very fun R Rated comedy,definately not for the kiddies! John C. Reilly shines as The Real Dewey Cox! Lots of great cameos too!!! A+

DVD Review: Reilly and Fischer are very Funny..
Summary: 3 Stars

Reilly is pretty funny, and Fischer(Pam from the Office) But the movie could be a little offensive especially for Johnny Cash Fans(Although I am, I look at it differently,also this movie pokes fun at music biopics in general)I didn't think the whole cutting in half was funny. I Did love how when ever he gets mad in the movie he rips off a sink! lol. also the usual Apatow Crew of friends shows up(Minus Ferrell,
The Beatles Part was the Funniest.
Overall I thought it was funny.

DVD Review: Go Daddy-O
Summary: 5 Stars

Blu-Ray quality is great. What I don't understand is why "The Dewey Cox Show" is not touring the world playing the great songs on this disk. John C. could be a rocker if he wanted, he is better than a lot of the crappy musicians out there. If Bruce Spring-whatever is "The Boss", J.C.R. is the CEO.

DVD Review: Walk.....
Summary: 4 Stars

A brilliantly conceived satire where John Reilly finally gets to showcase
his talent center stage as lead actor. WALK HARD takes you down every road where rock and roll has been since its inception; race, religion, sexual preference, drugs-nothing is off limits. It has some of the zaniest things I have seen in film in many years, and all in one movie. (Someone involved in this movie must have a serious grudge against Beatle Paul McCartney to have him played by Jack Black.) I wonder though
how it might how turned out if Walk Hard was treated as a serious drama like Eddie and the Cruisers? But it is a moot point as it will never happen.
A thoroughly enjoyable movie which I will buy.
ENJOY!

DVD Review: Hilarious and has great music but not for everyone
Summary: 4 Stars

I LOVE this movie, especially John C. Reilly's singing. He has an incredible voice, far better than most of what's out there today musically.

The movie's intention wasn't to insult any particular star or their life. It was just a parody of the movies made about some of these stars' lives. It wasn't just directed at "Walk the Line", but also bio-pics like "Great Balls of Fire" (which was really poorly done, and seems utterly ridiculous to try and believe that's what really happened in Jerry Lee Lewis' life). Some of those movies were lame, reeked of soap opera-like writing and acting and were not at all accurate of the lives the people actually led - the movie "Sweet Dreams" comes to mind.

The songs in this range from hilarious to beautiful. John C. Reilly not only sang, but also played the guitar himself. He is perfectly cast in this role. He really did a fine job of portraying a man who tried to learn from his mistakes and become a better man, even though it was done in a comedic manner. While Jenna Fischer didn't do her own singing, she did a good job with this role. Tim Meadows is a riot as Dewey's drug-fiend friend. Trust me, I know a lot of people JUST LIKE his character. It really isn't that far-fetched...

The one thing that makes me give it four stars instead of five is the frontal male nudity. It is something that had no real purpose in the film, and it serves to alienate many from watching this movie. While it didn't bother me at all, I know could never let my grandmother see this film, for example, which is a real shame. She'd probably enjoy it otherwise.

All in all, I love it. If it didn't have the gratuitous male nudity, it'd be perfect.

Description of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2-Disc Unrated Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray]

One of the most iconic figures in rock history, Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) had it all: the women (over 411 served), the friends (Elvis, The Beatles) and the rock 'n' roll lifestyle (a close and personal relationship with every pill and powder known to man). But most of all, he had the music that transformed a dimwitted country boy into the greatest American rock star who never lived. A wild and wicked send-up of every musical biopic ever made, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is gut-busting proof that when it comes to hard rocking, living and laughing, a hard man is good to find.

The Pixar-like roll of Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad) continues with another sure-fire hit. In charting the meteoric rise, catastrophic fall and Lazarus-like rise of rocker Dewey Cox, Walk Hard parodies the classic Hollywood bio-pic, cashing in mostly on Walk the Line. John C. Reilly, one of Hollywood's most solid character actors, makes the most of his Golden Globe-nominated star turn as Dewey, whose road to stardom is paved with a childhood tragedy that claims the life of his prodigiously talented brother ("The wrong kid died," is his father's mantra), instant stardom (his first record is a hit just 35 minutes after it was recorded), sex and drugs, and the inevitable "dark (effen) period" that leads him to rehab. Reilly gets solid backup from current and former Saturday Night Live alumni, including Kirsten Wiig as his incredibly fertile first wife who has no faith in his musical aspirations ("You're never going to make it," she cheerily ends one phone call); Tim Meadows, never better, as Dewey's drummer, who, in one of the film's best scenes, does a poor job of dissuading him from trying marijuana); and Chris Parnell as his bass player. Jenna Fischer leaves Pam back at The Office as Darlene, Dewey's virtuous duet partner. Hilarious cameos give Walk Hard a great "Hey!" factor: Hey, that's Frankie Muniz as Buddy Holly. Hey, that's "Kenneth" from 30 Rock. Hey, there's Jack Black and Paul Rudd as--no kidding--Paul McCartney and John Lennon revealing "a rift in the Beatles." Some of the jokes are obvious (come on; the guy's last name is Cox), others inspired. But the decades-spanning music, echoing the styles of gritty Johnny Cash, romantic Roy Orbison, obtuse Bob Dylan, trippy Brian Wilson, and even a bit of anachronistic punk rock, is as pitch perfect and affectionately observed as in The Rutles, This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind. Walk Hard earns its R-rating, particularly for a sure-to-be-talked-about scene of hotel-room debauchery. But: Hilarious? Outrageous? Twisted? To quote the title of one of Dewey's hit songs, "Guilty as Charged." --Donald Liebenson

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