Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) on Netflix
Blamed for a family tragedy in Springberry, Alabama, Dewey Cox turns to the blues. He leaves home with Edith, and a nightclub performance brings him to a record executive's notice.
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- IMDb6.9/1082,618 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes74%
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Plot summary
A machete accident in Springberry, Alabama, in 1946 kills Dewey Cox's brother Nate, and his father lays the blame on him; the shock also costs the boy his sense of smell. A blues guitarist Dewey meets discovers that the boy's hard life has left him with a natural feel for the blues. Dewey performs "Take My Hand" at a school talent show, and his father throws him out of the house, calling the music the devil's. At fourteen Dewey leaves Springberry with Edith, his twelve-year-old girlfriend; the two marry and have a baby. Dewey takes the stage in place of singer Bobby Shad at an African American nightclub, and record executive L'Chaim takes notice.
Cast
- Chip Hormessas Nate
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- Terrence Beasoras Country Doctor
- Honeyboy Edwardsas Old Bluesman (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
- Aron Johnsonas Teenage Band
- Taylor Hubertas Teenage Band (as Taylor Jamison Hubert)
- Christopher Hurtas Teenage Band
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
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- Dewey Cox isn't just a Johnny Cash and Ray Charles parody: the character's life story also borrows from Roy Orbison, Glen Campbell, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Donovan, John Lennon, James Brown, Jim Morrison, Conway Twitty, Neil Diamond, Hank Williams, Sonny & Cher, and Brian Wilson.
- The film's 1960s-styled psychedelic jam “Black Sheep” was penned by Van Dyke Parks, and the recording session it accompanies seems to be a specific parody of Brian Wilson's Smile album sessions, on which Van Dyke Parks himself worked.
