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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Year:

2007

Duration:

96 min | 120 min (extended edition)

Genres:

Comedy | Music

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Jake Kasdan

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2007-12-21

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $35,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,257,174 (USA) (23 December 2007)

Gross: $18,317,151 (USA) (13 January 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jewel Kilcher

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Christian Vincent

Nat Faxon

Awards Show Stage Manager

John C. Reilly

Dewey Cox

Tim Meadows

Sam

Conner Rayburn

Dewey - Age 8

Chip Hormess

Nate

Raymond J. Barry

Pa Cox

Terrence Beasor

Country Doctor

Margo Martindale

Ma Cox

Honeyboy Edwards

Old Bluesman (as David Honeyboy Edwards)

Gerry Black

Harmonica Player

Aron Johnson

Teenage Band

Jack Donovan Saperstein

Teenage Band (as Jack Saperstein)

Taylor Hubert

Teenage Band (as Taylor Jamison Hubert)

Christopher Hurt

Teenage Band

Matt Price

John Maynard

Man at Talent Show

E.J. Callahan

Second Man at Talent Show

Rance Howard

Preacher

Kristen Wiig

Edith

Craig Robinson

Bobby Shad

Paul Bates

Nightclub Manager

Patrick Faucette

Bad Men Bass Player

Harold Ramis

L'Chaim

Philip Rosenthal

Mazeltov (as Phil Rosenthal)

Martin Starr

Schmendrick

Oscar Dillon

Audience Guy at Nightclub

Chris Parnell

Theo

Matt Besser

Dave

Jack McBrayer

Molly C. Quinn

Teen with Pinups (as Molly Quinn)

John Ennis

The Big Bopper

Frankie Muniz

Buddy Holly

Ed Helms

Stage Manager

Jack White

Elvis Presley

Angela Little

Beth Anne (as Angela Little Mackenzie)

Odette Annable

Reefer Girl (as Odette Yustman)

Tyler Nilson

Bert

Jenna Fischer

Darlene Madison

Deanna Brooks

Hotel Groupie with Dewey

Ian Roberts

Drug Dealer

Steve Bannos

Prison Guard

Willow Geer

Rehab Nurse

David Doty

Rehab Doctor

Jack Kehler

Press Conference Reporter

Gerry Bednob

The Maharishi

David Krumholtz

Schwartzberg

Tim Bagley

Engineer

Jane Lynch

Gail the Television Reporter

Skyler Gisondo

Dewdrop

Kshitij Pendurkar

Dewey Rahim

Simon Helberg

Dreidel L'Chaim

Jacques Slade

Lil' Nutzzak

Danica Rozelle

Music Video Girl

Lurie Poston

Cox Kid

Maggie Mannion

Cox Kid

Jackson Browne

Lyle Lovett

Stacey Scowley

Pierced Eyebrow Girl

Ajla Hodzic

Pierced Lip Girl

Ghostface Killah

Otis Williams

The Temptations

Ron Tyson

The Temptations

Terry Weeks

The Temptations

Joe Herndon

The Temptations

Bruce Williamson

The Temptations

Eddie Vedder

AJ Abaya

Dewey's Grandson (uncredited)

Don Abernathy

Pygmy Bushman / Man in 50's Club (uncredited)

Patrick J. Adams

The Kid (uncredited)

Robert Amjarv

Theremin Player (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

Red Carpet Guest (uncredited)

George Anton

Hotel Groupie (uncredited)

Shelley Appelbaum

Teen Fan (uncredited)

Michael William Arnold

Dewey's Kid 1970 (uncredited)

Isabella Astor

Dewey's Daughter (uncredited)

Christopher Ausburn

Grandson (uncredited)

Laila Ayad

Backstage Elvis Groupie (uncredited)

Caleb Babcock

Dewey's Son (uncredited)

Katrina Baker

Dewey Fan (uncredited)

Sydney Hope Banner

Daughter (uncredited)

Jay Bird

Caveman (uncredited)

Rian Bishop

Concert Patron (uncredited)

Jack Black

Paul McCartney

Clement Blake

Edith's Father (uncredited)

Chris Blount

Dewey Cox's Son - Playing Ball (uncredited)

Ian Bodell

Son (uncredited)

David Burrus

Kid #1 (uncredited)

D.T. Carney

Concert Patron (uncredited)

Paula Christensen

Backstage Elvis Groupie (uncredited)

James Collins

Man in Dream (uncredited)

John D. Crawford

Officer Clark (uncredited)

Madison Cruz

Hotel Groupie (uncredited)

Jen Curci

Sara Parker (uncredited)

Marty Dew

Dancer (uncredited)

Aubrey Dickinson

1950's Girl (uncredited)

Sally Digirolamo

1950s Girl (uncredited)

Johnny Drocco

Dude Seated in Stands (uncredited)

Olivia Taylor Dudley

Pot Smoker (uncredited)

Patrick Duffy

Holly Dunlap

60's Protestor (uncredited)

Jayne Eastwood

70's Girl (uncredited)

Bob Emmet

Band Pianist (uncredited)

David Miguel Estrada

50's Soc Guy (uncredited)

Morgan Fairchild

Sommer Fehmel

1952 Groupie (uncredited)

Paul Feig

Different DJ (uncredited)

Amy Ferguson

Teenager (uncredited)

Jennie Ford

Dewey Cox Show Dancer (uncredited)

Monica Ford

Hotel Groupie (uncredited)

Gregory George Frank

Parent / Stagehand (uncredited)

London Freeman

Dewey Cox's Daughter (uncredited)

Geoffrey Gould

Sound Engineer (uncredited)

Danielle E. Hawkins

Music Video Dancer (uncredited)

Amber Hay

LSD Vision (uncredited)

Adam Herschman

Jerry Garcia

Hedwig Herzog

Girlfriend (uncredited)

John Michael Higgins

Record Producer (uncredited)

Jonah Hill

Older Nate

Neil Ironfield

Dewey's Child (uncredited)

Steve Janousek

Concert Patron #2 (uncredited)

Norma Jean

Punk Rocker (uncredited)

Dave Johnson

Stagehand (uncredited)

Gleb Kaminer

Theater Patron (uncredited)

Stephanie Katz

Hotel Groupie with Dewey (uncredited)

Scarlett Keegan

Fiddle Player

Monique La Barr

Back-up Singer (uncredited)

Cheryl Ladd

Frederick Lawrence

Stagehand (uncredited)

Amanda Leak

Hotel Groupie (uncredited)

Gregg Lee

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Lisa Mason Lee

Sam's Groupie (uncredited)

Rae Sunshine Lee

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Hannah Leigh

Dewey's Little Sister (uncredited)

Justin Long

George Harrison

Amy Main

Backup Singer (uncredited)

Frances Manzo

Dancer (uncredited)

Devinna Marcelina

Flasher (uncredited)

Eddie Mariano

Concert Patron (uncredited)

Samantha Mason

Teen Fan (uncredited)

Oscar McFarlane

Pygmy Bushman (uncredited)

Rosalie Miller

1970s Girl (uncredited)

Talia Montgomery

Hotel Groupie #5 (uncredited)

Dawn Morrow

Dancer (uncredited)

Kazu Nagahama

Taiko Drum Performer (uncredited)

Sarah Christine Pletcher

1960s Protester (uncredited)

Chris Rossi

Dancer (uncredited)

Paul Rudd

John Lennon

Franklin Ruehl

Junkie (uncredited)

Kayla Sanders

Tap Dancer (uncredited)

Alif Sankey

Dancer (uncredited)

Jason Schwartzman

Ringo Starr

Julia Stephens

Teen Fan (uncredited)

Shane Stephenson

Child at Party (uncredited)

Tony Swift

Backstage Crew (uncredited)

Serria Tawan

70's African American Woman (uncredited)

Cheryl Tiegs

Christina Trevino

Red Carpet Guest (uncredited)

Briana Venskus

Marching Mullato (uncredited)

Madison Victoria

Granddaughter (uncredited)

Haleigh Ward

Dewey's Daughter (uncredited)

George F. Watson

Photographer at Dewey Cox Band Photo Session (uncredited)

Jacob White

Teenage Band Member (uncredited)

Debbie Yeh

Asian Woman 70's (uncredited)

Waneeki Yokomee-Fung

Concert Patron (uncredited)

Maria Zambrana

Theatergoer (uncredited)

Rowena Zirbel

Hotel Groupie #4 (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When we see the Top Selling singles chart showing Deweys fictional hit song "Walk Hard" at #4 the 3 songs ahead of it are #1 You, You, You by The Ames Brothers, #2 No Other Love by Perry Como and #3 P.S. I Love You by The Hilltoppers - all of which were actual hits.

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Dewey Cox breaks six sinks throughout the entire movie.

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When L'Chaim visits Dewey in prison he begins talking in Yiddish asking Dewey to speak the "Mamehlushen"(literally meaning "mother tongue")explaining that the guards won't understand what they're saying and suggests Dewey go to rehab. Dewey responds in German.

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Goofs

"The Dewey Cox Show" airs on CBS. During a rehearsal, Dewey complains that his show is getting beaten in the ratings by "The Incredible Hulk." The Incredible Hulk aired on CBS, so it could not be in competition with "The Dewey Cox Show."

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In the school talent show, which takes place in 1953, the lead guitarist is playing a Harmony Bobcat electric guitar. The Bobcat was not produced until 1964.

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At the end of the movie it says Dewey Cox was born in 1936. However in 1953 Deweys mother calls him her favorite fourteen year old son and it is mentioned several more times that he is fourteen. That would have made his birth-year 1939

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Quotes

John Lennon: [to Paul McCartney] I wonder if your songs will still be shit "When I'm Sixty-four."

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Edith: It's illegal to be married to two people at the same time, Dewey!

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Nightclub Manager: [to Dewey] I pay you to mop the floors, not bug the band! My customers come in here to dance erotically, and they need a clean floor to do it on!

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Faq

What are the differences between the R-Rated theatrical version and the Unrated version of the movie?

Two versions of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story have been released on DVD simultaneously: The R-rated thetrical version and an Unrated version that runs more than 24 minutes longer than the theatrical version. In total, over 76 changes have been done for the Unrated version and it is definitely worth a look. You can find a detailed comparison between both versions with pictures here.

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