Nearly 20 years after making 'Walk the Line', James Mangold says the 2007 parody 'Walk Hard' didn't scare him off from the ...

The up-and-down-and-up-again story of musician Dewey Cox, whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 36 kids, stars in his ...

Though "Walk Hard" heavily spoofed Mangold's "Walk the Line," the director never saw the satire as a death knell for the ...

In viewing A Complete Unknown, I must admit to remaining mystified that rock biopics continue to get made at all in the wake ...

In 2007, “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” hit theaters and ruined the musical biopic forever. No one was safe. “Ray,” “La Bamba,” you name it; whatever the movie, “Walk Hard ...

The musical biopic has become something of a genre unto itself. As Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story so hilariously pointed out, ...

Director James Mangold didn't let Walk Hard deter him from taking on A Complete Unknown, and being the subject of satire is ...

Mangold clearly couldn't be stopped from returning to the genre, which is exactly what he did for A Complete Unknown.

Did Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox story provide a blistering satire of the beats of the musical biopic genre? Yes. Related: When A Complete Unknown met Joan: Why James Mangold needed an actress who ...

has not been scared off from paying cinematic tribute to other legendary musicians after the parody Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007). “That was just that they had run their course for that moment ...