Films Directed by Jake Kasdan (Study Guide) - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Zero Effect, Orange County, the TV Set (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story, Zero Effect, Orange County, the Tv Set. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a 2007 American comedy film, written and produced by Judd Apatow (director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up) and Jake Kasdan, directed by Jake Kasdan and starring John C. Reilly. The plot echoes the storyline of 2005's Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line; Walk Hard is also a parody of the biopic genre as a whole. As Walk Hard heavily references the film Walk the Line, the Dewey Cox persona is mostly based on Johnny Cash; but the character also includes elements of the life and career of Glen Campbell, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Donovan, Brian Wilson and Jim Morrison. The film also directly lampoons artists Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, in addition to some artists playing themselves, including Eddie Vedder and Ghostface Killa. In addition, the film parodies or pays tribute to the musical styles of Bob Dylan and David Bowie. The film was released in the United States and Canada by Columbia Pictures on December 21, 2007. Fictional musician Dewey Cox begins his quest for stardom from humble beginnings in Springberry, Alabama in 1946. While playing with his brother Nate in a sequence of needlessly careless and dangerous acts, talking about the things he plans to do in his long life, Dewey accidentally cuts his brother in half at the waist with a machete. This leads Dewey's father to frequently repeat the phrase "The wrong kid died" throughout the film. It is this traumatic event that motivates Dewey to rise to stardom and "be double great for the both of us" as Nate made him promise. The trauma also causes Dewey to lose his sense of smell. ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=9264215