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Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story (Two-Disc Special Edition) 
Actors : John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale, Kristen Wiig
Director : Jake Kasdan
Studio : Sony Pictures
by Sony Pictures
Brand : Sony
Release Date : 2008-04-08
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 2
EAN : 0043396250789
UPC : 043396250789
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 74 reviews)
List Price : $29.96
Our Price : $9.77
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Product Description |
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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.System Requirements:Running Time: 216 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/SATIRE Rating: UNRATED UPC: 043396250789 Manufacturer No: 25078 |
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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 On the DVD
Though an unaccountable box office disappointment, Walk Hard is poised for discovery and cult status on DVD. You'd think the film had pretty much exhausted all the puns and double-entendres you could get out of Dewey Cox's last name, but the Elvis-inspired "A Christmas Song from Dewey Cox," the "Cox Sausage Commercial" and "The Real Dewey Cox," which are among this two-disc set's extra features, manages to get even more mileage out of that juvenile joke. Speaking of which, there is a "cockumentary" devoted to actor Tyler Nilson, who provides the film with its most shocking laugh during the hotel orgy scene, The Unbearably Long, Self-Indulgent Director's Cut contains, ahem, extended footage of that scene and features the deleted setups for some of the theatrical cut's more inexplicable gags (a deleted montage reveals just how Dewey and band member Theo wound up in bed together). Better than a gag reel is the "Line-O-Rama," a hit-and-miss compilation of improv outtakes. Full song performances give this film's Oscar-worthy music its due. The Daily Show's John Hodgman gets "The Last Word" in a celebrity profile spoof that was originally broadcast on Comedy Central. With a more traditional "Making of" featurette and entertaining audio commentary by writer Judd Apatow, director Jake Kasdan, and star John C. Reilly, Walk Hard walks even harder on DVD. --Donald Liebenson Beyond Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 
On Blu-ray | 
The Soundtrack | 
UMD for PSP | Stills from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (click for larger image) |
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My Hopes Were Dashed |
Due to Judd Apatow's involvement with Walk Hard, I really had high hopes. I'm afraid those hopes were dashed. Walk Hard was an exercise in gratuitous vulgarity that totally doused the few truly funny moments that existed.
While the lyrics to Dewey Cox's songs were uncouth, they were so creatively dirty you couldn't help but laugh. But that's where the creativity ended. Unfortunately, they decided to go overboard with the easy profanity, sex-jokes, and visual crudity so often I was rolling my eyes at the sheer stupidity of it all.
And that sums up Walk Hard pretty well. They just tried to do too much and took the easy way out too often. It got to the point I was watching the clock because I was bored out of my mind with the movie, and that's never a good thing.
Avoid this movie and spare yourself the pain.
~Scott William Foley, author of The Imagination's Provocation: Volume I: A Collection of Short Stories |
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John C.Reilly - Coming Into His Own |
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I remember seeing the commercials for this movie and I really didn't think it would be that good. I figured I would go ahead and buy it since it's been slow going with movies lately. I was pleasantly surprised and laughed most of the movie. John C. Reilly is really becoming a good character. I have got to mention the close penis shots, I could do without. |
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Let's just make lame jokes about the one good Hollywood biopic in years. |
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"Walk the Line" was a really excellent film, not marred by stupid irony or cynicism, about a tremendous American artist. It was awesome to finally see something about American culture that WASN'T cliched. Now we have this piece of garbage which thinks it's exposing the cliches of films like Walk the Line by just layering on cartoon violence and sex jokes. Really uncreative and depressingly sad. Kristen Wigg can behilarious on SNL too. These filmmakers aren't taking down something pretentious but making light of a film with real heart, not to mention the blues. |
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I love COX!!! |
OMG!! I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. In fact, I'm still laughing. Anyone who is familiar with pop culture should get all the little jokes and inuendo. Elvis the bully, the Beatles riff, the Brian Wilson drugged out days, Jerry Lee Lewis underage wife, the protest folk songs of the niave 60's, the comeback in the disco 70's. And the music? BRILLIANT! This is definitley a movie I will return to often.
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If you like STUPID humor..... |
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This wasn't quite the movie I expected, however if you like dumb funny then this is a great flick for you. |
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