The fact that Mangold had done the same thing with Witherspoon and Phoenix on "Walk the Line" gave him the license to say it ...

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

"It was only after doing some research with Bob that [Jim] found out that Johnny and Bob were pen pals. He didn't know that ...

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

James Mangold, director of the acclaimed Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, reflects on the lasting influence of the 2007 parody Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

The 2x Oscar nominee, who co-wrote and directed the 2005 Johnny Cash pic Walk the Line, has not been scared off from paying cinematic tribute to other legendary musicians after the parody Walk Hard: ...

"It's a very different story, but one that does overlap," Mangold says of parallels between his two movies.