Walk the Line (2005)
Directed by James Mangold
From an Arkansas cotton farm through Air Force service in Germany and a first record in Memphis, Johnny Cash tours the country alongside June Carter, falls into addiction and finds his way back in Tennessee before a concert behind prison walls in California.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Cash family cotton farm≈ 00:03:00Dyess, ArkansasStated on screen
Young Johnny grows up on the family farm, where his brother Jack dies in a sawmill accident and their father blames Johnny.
- 2Air Force base, West Germany≈ 00:14:00GermanyStated on screen
Stationed with the Air Force, Johnny buys a guitar and starts writing Folsom Prison Blues.
- 3Sun Records audition≈ 00:18:00Sun StudioStated on screen
Back home, married and selling door to door, Johnny auditions for Sam Phillips with his band and gets signed.
- 4Tour stop≈ 00:55:00Las Vegas, NevadaStated on screen
On tour, Johnny and June spend a night together, and June discovers his pill habit before he collapses on stage.
- 5Arrest on return from Mexico≈ 01:12:00El Paso, TexasInferred
- 6Johnny's lakeside house≈ 01:20:00Hendersonville, TennesseeStated on screen
- 7Folsom State Prison, California≈ 01:50:00Stated on screen
- 8Concert on stage≈ 02:02:00London, OntarioInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 26,850 km
- Places
- 8
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 8
- Not shown: 26,850 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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