Movie About Johnny Cash To Start Soon

By: Import User

Updated: January 7, 2009

A new movie based on the life of Johnny Cash will be filmed in Arkansas, Memphis and Nashville. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Cash and Tennessee native Reese Witherspoon as his wife, June Carter Cash. Filming for 20th Century Fox`s "Walk the Line" starts June 20th in the Memphis/Arkansas area. The movie will chronicle Cash`s life from 1955 to 1968, a period that includes his Sun recordings in Memphis and his battles with drugs and alcohol. Cash died last September.

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