Johnny and his dad - “Walk the Line” movie
Over on the www.IWalkedtheLine.com forum, we’ve been discussing (on a thread called “Searching for truth”) the whole issue of the producers of the “Walk the Line” movie fabricating the whole storyline of tension between Johnny and his dad. I guess the only question that remains about the “Daddy doesn’t love me” story being added to the film, is why did the producers feel the need to add that?
The answer is: they needed a vehicle to explain Johnny’s drug troubles (what might have driven him to that kind of despair). The truth is… the truth of what really fueled his addiction didn’t fit nicely into the script. They had to come up with something…
Vivian always said she knew exactly what drove Johnny to drugs…. that when the success came and June started pursuing him, he succumbed to her advances, the affair started, and he was riddled with guilt. Completely tortured by what he had done. That began the devastating cycle of him drinking and taking drugs to escape the guilt, and this just made him even more susceptible. “Ego-dystonic” is the psychological term for what she said Johnny suffered from. He had such strong moral convictions against all of the things he was doing.
Anyway, the fact of June having fueled the addiction (as well as supplying his drugs, and having a drug problem of her own) didn’t “fit” into the love story they were trying to tell. That’s why they had to make up the “Daddy doesn’t love me” scenario for the film. I’m the first to agree it was a great film. It just wasn’t true.
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 am
you are so crazy….Johnny was into drugs before he ever met June. He tells of this himself in his own books….are you calling him a liar?
May 4th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
This is the first that I knew that June Carter supplied Johnny Cash drugs and was on drugs herself. I have read a lot of testimonies stating that June helped get Johnny off of drugs.
If the “daddy doesn’t love me” part of the movie is not true, then is the part of Johnny’s dad blame and condemnation of Johnny at the time of Jack’s death not true also?
There seems to be blame thrown from both sides (vivan’s and June’s) concerning Johnny Cash. How is one to know the truth?
May 4th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I would also like to say that there is a video on youtube of Johnny Cash, live and in person, saying that June came along in his life at a time when he was on the road of self destruction. Johnny also goes on to say that June saved him from self destroying himself. This does NOT backup your statement that June supplied drugs to Johnny. I believe that Johnny was telling the truth in this interview.
May 6th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I have left two comments, each asking a questions. Both of them are gone from this web site and this web site indicates zero comments. Why?
May 7th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Hi John… so sorry. I’ve been out of town due to the death of a friend and am just getting back. Comments have to be “approved” in order to keep spammers from posting nonsense posts, so I apologize for the delay in your comments being posted. I certainly sympathize with your confusion in trying to understand the truth. All I can say is that I have spoken with several people who have spoken to June’s drug use, and the fact that she had a serious problem for many years. I also have been told that Johnny’s dad was very unfairly portrayed in the movie. Apparently, none of that animosity from Johnny’s dad ever happened. It’s hard to make sense of it all, isn’t it? Annie
May 12th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Ann,
I just finished reading “I Walked the Line.” Life usually doesn’t allow me to finish a book. It usually takes months. I read this in record time! When I would finally put it aside to go to sleep, I kept my husband awake talking about all I had read. I found myself hurting for everyone (Vivian, Johnny, the kids, and June). I admire Vivian most for wanting her girls & John Carter Cash to know & love thier father as she had known him and for being strong enough to forgive. As I finished the book today at Phillip’s Deli in Brentwood, I was shocked to see my name in the acknowledgments! It’s truly an honor to have my name associated with this book. Thank you for your work. As a women & a mother, I’m really glad I read it.
June 7th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I suggest reading the American Academy of Achievement Interview with Johnny Cash and read what he says about his father. It strongly contradicts the movie’s portrayal of his father.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
In Johnny’s first autobiography, Man in Black, he states often through out the book how he looked up to his father, how his father would share stories with him as a child, go camping with him as an adult… All kinds of things. Judging by John’s own words, it appeared as though they had a great relationship. In John’s second autobiography, Cash, the only thing John mentions that could resemble the father figure portrayed in I Walk The Line is that his father never once told him “I love you”. As for the June Carter drug addiction that you’re claiming, Ann, John himself has stated many times, in interviews and in both of his autobiographies, that June was the one who pulled him away from his drug addiction and that she would try with all her might to prevent him from even GETTING the drugs in the first place. I think you’ve been miss-informed about this so-called June Carter drug problem. I agree completely with your statement about the movie though. It was a fantastic film, just not true in many many way’s…
January 15th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
June’s drug addiction is well chronicled by her son, John Carter Cash, in his book “Anchored In Love”.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
I read Vivian’s book, “I Walked the Line” in 2 days!! I could not put it down. It is perhaps one of my favorite books of all time. In fact, I am reading it for the second time. Yes, June did have a drug problem, just read John Carter Cash’s book “Anchored in Love”. Ann, do you think there will ever be a movie produced from Vivian’s book? I surely hope so. I feel as though I know her, and I think she is wonderful too, just like Johnny did. She was a fantastic mother, wife and friend, who would not hurt a soul!! Unlike June, Vivian put her faith and children FIRST in her life. She surely is in heaven with out dear Lord. I admire her and love her. I want to say thank YOU for helping her write this book and thank her family for me. She was Johnny’s true love!!!
March 17th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Hi Mary,
Thank you so much for your very sweet note. Vivian was a fantastic mother, wife, and friend. I miss her! Ann xo
July 13th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Dear Ann,
Just finished reading “I walked the line”. What a fantastic proof of eternal love! It was very difficult to read most of the time, in many different ways, but in the end it left me crying over the fantastic proof of afterlife (Kaths dream) and also your sons drawing left me stunned. I have read the comments on this page and all i can say is: We certainly werent there, through the struggle between Johnny and Viv. All i know is, Johnny didnt stop loving Viv, and she didnt stop loving him, and i bet they are together right this very second.
The book moved me in so many ways. As a mother i can very vividly understand the heartache Viv went through, trying to keep her darling husband and trying to keep the family together. I thank you for publishing this book, Ann and Vivian.
A great testimony of faith, devotion, and gods plan through us all.
Lots of love from sweden.
September 7th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Dear Ann,
I just want to add how well John and Vivian’s daughters have turned out. It is clear to see Vivian’s were raised in a loving home without drugs and alcohol and with a mother’s unconditional love and presence in their lives. It appears to me that June’s daughters did not have that loving childhood that Vivian’s did. Again, this is a tribute to Vivian as a fantastic mother, putting her children first.
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