Henry Tawes, un alguacil de un pueblo rural de Tennessee, suele ser el primer hombre en criticar a los demás por su mal comportamiento. Miserable en su matrimonio, Henry se enamora de la ado... Leer todoHenry Tawes, un alguacil de un pueblo rural de Tennessee, suele ser el primer hombre en criticar a los demás por su mal comportamiento. Miserable en su matrimonio, Henry se enamora de la adolescente Alma, hija de un delincuente local.Henry Tawes, un alguacil de un pueblo rural de Tennessee, suele ser el primer hombre en criticar a los demás por su mal comportamiento. Miserable en su matrimonio, Henry se enamora de la adolescente Alma, hija de un delincuente local.
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In my opinion, it is one of the best, and perhaps least touted, of Peck's works.
I cannot help but think that the scenario portrayed in this film has played out many times in real life.
Peck delivers a 5 star performance of a man of strong moral fiber, driven by the desire to abandon all he has that is right, in pursuit of what he wants, and deep down inside, probably knows he can't have.
Highly recommended and truly a treasure in my library. If you can find it...you won't be sorry.
Not sure why this one barely gets the recognition it truly deserves.
Drama, suspense, and surprise at it's best !!!
You can't go wrong with Gregory Peck. Although I've only seen about a dozen of his movies over the years he's always been an unvoiced favorite of mine. He's tall, (seemingly) noble, masculine, likable, determined and just has an unshowy star quality. Here he plays his usual self with the exception that, facing a mid-life crisis, he makes dubious choices and hurts those connected to him.
Tuesday Weld was 26 years-old during filming and is easy on the eyes. Her character maintains a naive quality even though what she does is wrong. I suppose you could say she's more ignorantly amoral than malevolently immoral.
The film was shot in the beautiful Appalachian hills of North-central Tennessee. The courthouse square scenes were shot in Gainesboro, but the dam scene that opens the movie (and is shown again later) was shot at Center Hill Dam. The Drive-In movie sequence where they are watching the 1969 Jerry Lewis movie "Hook, Line and Sinker" was shot at the Green Hills Drive-in in Carthage (hometown of Al Gore), about 45 minutes from Gainesboro. During the production Gregory, Tuesday, director John Frankenheimer and other cast & crew members stayed at the Holiday Inn in Cookeville, TN. All the buildings in Gainsboro are still there (including the pool hall) except the first store that was cattycorner to the courthouse (where the sheriff shops), which was torn down. A small portion of the film was also shot in Northern California, in a little town called Colusa, the seat of Colusa County, but I can't tell which specific scenes. Much of Colusa's architecture has a very Southern influence and has been featured in a number of movies.
I like the moral of the story: One's actions have a ripple effect -- foolish choices will inevitably hurt not only you but those linked to you, just as right choices bless you and others. On that same note, the film effectively shows how a formidable upstanding man can be reduced to a loaf of bread simply by unwisely falling prey to the temptation of some young cutie.
The story plays out in an ultra-realistic manner like other films of the 60s and 70s before the brainless "blockbuster" came into vogue. This isn't a negative to me because I actually prefer realism but others might not appreciate it, especially the flat vibe of of the first act, but the story picks up steam in the second act and holds till the end.
Some don't like the film because the usually-noble Peck is playing a sad and lonely transgressor. This is against type and perhaps explains why Peck took the part; he was 53 at the time and likely saw the role as a challenge. Here was an opportunity to play a character who is neither a hero nor anti-hero, a character who feels trapped by routine and meaninglessness, who makes a desperate and ill-fated attempt to drag himself out by means of his lust for beauty, the one thing that makes him feel alive again. Peck rose to the challenge admirably but this naturally has the negative effect of stirring disrespect, even loathing, in the viewer.
"I Walk the Line" is a good flick that was never acknowledged and seems to have been lost over time. It's along the lines of the contemporaneous "Deliverance" albeit without the sexual perversion and more on the dramatic & mundane side and less of a adventure.
The film runs 1 hour, 37 minutes.
GRADE: B.
Well acted (including flavourful contributions from a touching Estelle Parsons and and a malevolent young Charles Durning) and enhanced by excellent photography and a vivid sense of locale, "The picture I made", Peck later lamented, "was a much better picture than the one that showed up on the screen", as it was insensitively recut after it previewed badly; with the Johnny Cash songs added in the process, presumably to evoke memories of 'Bonnie and Clyde' and 'The Graduate'.
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- TriviaCharles Durning almost drowned while shooting the scene in which his character is thrown into the river. The crew forgot him and left. Gregory Peck jumped into the water and swam to save him.
- ErroresScenes from El bocón (1967) are shown at the drive-in, yet the poster is for Pescador pescado (1969).
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Sheriff Tawes: People here just try to survive, that's all. Some make a little moonshine, don't really harm nobody.
- ConexionesFeatured in Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte: Johnny Cash (2019)
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