I Walk the Line

I was never a Gregory Peck fan. - I think he should have won an academy award for this remarkable performance. All the actors were in top form. It has been said that Tuesday Weld was "the best actress of her generation". She proves it here. A 27 year old playing a seventeen year old. The film is archetypal. The change of life, very stalwart, but very human man happening to him. Her family, the father played by the brilliant Ralph Meeker, runs an still with his two boys. - In order to have sexual access to the daughter (Weld) Peck compromises his integrity - doesn't reveal their illegal activity, and makes an "arrangement" with the father. (The film reveals shocking but subtle indications of "loving" father/daughter incest.) - Great "arrangement", huh? Dad pimping his child that he's turned into a sex nymphet, and Peck obsessing enough to regress to the level of an hysterical teenager driven by hormones and his subconscious desire for a return to youth and a life of change and promise. - The ending is indescribable. - Frankenheimer is a genius. Johnny Cash composed and sang the mountain music as a background for mountain people. As a classical musician, I now "get" that music. Wonderful film: art.

I don't know what Amazon has against this film. This was another spur of the moment buy, and again I wasn't disappointed. The acting is excellent--everyone is terrific in their role, especially Weld and Peck, who each play off the other's hidden agenda quite well. They're both manipulative and decitful, but she's the more "honest" in only trying to help her family. On the other hand, Peck's character is just downright creepy, with some deep-seated control freak issues that just compresses him more and more. You can see him treat her as a person less as the movie progresses, and by the end, you're hoping she gets away with her family. A well-constructed psychological drama, with great buildup of tension as the noose seems to close in on all sides. Don't really know what all the talk was for on that 'bedroom scene'. It was really quite chaste by today's standards.

GOOD move. Watch this one!

Love this Gregory Peck movie

This is an older movie (around the 70's), and was filmed partially on my Great-grandfather's property in Smithville, TN. Although there is no reference to this fact, I was there when the film was shot and have pictures of the stars. I was in college in Nashville, TN at Belmont University at the time and actually brought friends to watch as well. At the time, I thought the movie was pretty lame, and although the story is simple, Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld are still some of my favorite actors and actually do an excellent job even though the scrip didn't give them much to work. It seemed to be a difficult time for both of them personally and I was pleased to learn that many people who are viewing this movie are giving it a much higher rating than I initially gave it. The movie is slow-moving, but there are quite a few intricate themes running through-out the narrative and are excellent for using to teach literature in high-school-college literature. It's also fun to see the scenery in TN although a few scenes are shot at the set in CA. Unfortunately, it does not depict the best of the country scenes in and around my home-town and paints a negative impression of the south.

A gem of a movie that you can't take your eyes off of. I can't believe that this tale of a moonshiner pimping his daughter to a sheriff in order to keep the law at bay isn't more known. This tragic story and acting by all is superb.

sometimes the right people get together at the right place and time to create exquisite beauty. in this case, dark, painful, exqusite beauty. is gregory peck good or evil? his subtle, nuanced performance shows a man battling with conflict. duty or life? die with an empty soul, or gamble everything on finding true happiness and fulfillment? and if duty is the choice, what is the duty? i had no idea tuesday weld was so talented an actress. the web she wove was so intricate, the only over arching theme is her backwoods adherence to family loyalty, in spite of the potential she shows for enlightenment. is she a liar and deceiver, or is she merely allowing peck's ideas to go where they will? is it her job to dictate peck's conduct? and estelle parsons, good god i was stunned by the power of her performance. her ability to transmit the feeling of pain, confusion, and desperation at losing the center of her existence was deeply disturbing. i can tell you as one who grew up in the time and place of this movie, that the depictions of the characters and the background canvas of life in the small town are dead on accurate. the people sitting on the porch are really there, it is not hollywood hyperbole. i can't say i enjoyed this movie, as it hits too hard and carries too much truth to enjoy, but i can say i am glad i saw it, and it will stay with me as long as i live.

This is the story of the country sheriff who gets caught in a honey trap by a bootlegger. Since it was written for my parents, it also includes a Tense Marital Drama which, thankfully, doesn't occupy much screen time. The man is a fool. His deputy is smarter. And the Feds will not be happy if/when they figure it all out. But, if you ever wanted to see Gregory Peck play a fool, this is the film for you!

Gregory Peck really does an amazing job portraying a tortured soul consumed by passion. Tuesday Weld is Dazzling and delivers an amazing performance. A great film about desperation. The rest of the cast hits a perfect note. An understated movie. The soundtrack is also fantastic, especially the title track.

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Réalisé en 1970 par John Frankenheimer, ce "I walk the line" bien plus parlant que le grotesque titre français "le pays de la violence" décrit la dure vie morne, fermée, étouffante du Sud Profond des Appalaches, entre traditions immuables, pauvreté, sous-éducation, forte religiosité et moeurs moyennageuses. Gregory Peck, un grand acteur par ailleurs, ne semble pas tout à fait à l'aise dans ce rôle d'un shériff écartelé entre son sens du devoir et sa passion amoureuse pour la belle, jeune et perverse Tuesday Weld, grande actrice méconnue. Ralph Meeker joue son père plus ou moins incestueux qui se sert d'elle pour faire chanter le shériff et assurer la pérénnité de son entreprise illégale de bouilleur de cru. Très bien réalisé en décors naturels dans le Tennessee, malheureusement la fin originale a été supprimée et ne reste que celle voulue par une production inquiète d'un scénario qui brisait les codes de l'époque, donc une conclusion inepte. Ce film fut un énorme échec commercial mais demeure une réussite artistique que ce coffret Blu Ray + DVD (on se demande le but de ces doublons?) restitue parfaitement. On appréciera non seulement les bonus du DVd mais encore davantage le gros livret consacré au film qui se trouve dans le coffret. Certainement, avec "Les parachutistes arrivent", un des meilleurs films de John Frankenheimer .

Fallin in love c'est comme ça que le film aurait dû se nommer... mis a part la qualité du jeu des acteurs et actrices y a pas grand chose qui ce dégage de l'histoire. C'est classique; il y a le mari qui veut se barrer avec une jeune de 30 ans de moins que lui. Il retrouve gout a la vie quoi ... c'est arrivé, ça arrive et ça arrivera encore dans la vie en vraie. Pas de violence durant le visionnage, sauf les 2 dernière minutes .... Un film plat raplapla et la music de Johnny Cash n'arrange rien a l' ennuie bien au contraire.