Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story poster

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story( 2007)

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Life made him tough. Love made him strong. Music made him hard.

Overview

Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John C. Reilly

      Dewey Cox

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      Jenna Fischer

      Darlene Madison

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      Raymond J. Barry

      Pa Cox

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      Kristen Wiig

      Edith

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      Tim Meadows

      Sam

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      Harold Ramis

      L'Chai'm

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      Frankie Muniz

      Buddy Holly

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      Chris Parnell

      Theo

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      Margo Martindale

      Ma Cox

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      Matt Besser

      Dave

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      Nat Faxon

      Awards Show Stage Manager

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      Conner Rayburn

      Dewey Age 8

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      Chip Hormess

      Nate Cox

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      Terrence Beasor

      Country Doctor

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      Honeyboy Edwards

      Old Bluesman

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      Gerry Black

      Harmonica Player

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      Aron Johnson

      Teenage Band

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      Jack Donovan Saperstein

      Teenage Band

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      Taylor Hubert

      Teenage Band

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      Christopher Hurt

      Teenage Band

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      Matt Price

      MC (Teacher)

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      John Maynard

      Man at Talent Show

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      E.J. Callahan

      Second Man at Talent Show

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      Rance Howard

      Preacher

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      Craig Robinson

      Bobby Shad

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      Paul Bates

      Nightclub Manager

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      Patrick Faucette

      Bad Men Bass Player

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      Phil Rosenthal

      Mazeltov

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      Martin Starr

      Schmendrick

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      Oscar Dillon

      Audience Guy at Nightclub

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      Jack McBrayer

      DJ

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      Molly C. Quinn

      Teen with Pinups

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      John Ennis

      The Big Bopper

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      Ed Helms

      Stage Manager

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      Jack White

      Elvis Presley

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      Angela Little

      Beth Anne

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      Odette Annable

      Reefer Girl

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      Tyler Nilson

      Bert

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      Deanna Brooks

      Hotel Groupie with Dewey

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      Ian Roberts

      Drug Dealer

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      Steve Bannos

      Prison Guard

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      Willow Geer

      Rehab Nurse

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      David Doty

      Rehab Doctor

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      Jack Kehler

      Press Conference Reporter

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      Gerry Bednob

      The Maharishi

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      David Krumholtz

      Schwartzberg

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      Tim Bagley

      Engineer

    48. cast image

      Jane Lynch

      Gail the Television Reporter

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      Skyler Gisondo

      Dewdrop

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      Kshitij Pendurkar

      Dewey Rahim

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      Simon Helberg

      Dreidel L'Chaim

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      Jacques Slade

      Lil' Nutzzak

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      Danica Rozelle

      Music Video Girl

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      Lurie Poston

      Cox Kid

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      Maggie Mannion

      Cox Kid

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      Jackson Browne

      Jackson Browne

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      Jewel

      Jewel

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      Lyle Lovett

      Lyle Lovett

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      Stacey Scowley

      Pierced Eyebrow Girl

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      Ajla Hodžić

      Pierced Lip Girl

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      Ghostface Killah

      Ghostface Killah

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      Otis Williams

      The Temptations

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      Ron Tyson

      The Temptations

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      Terry Weeks

      The Temptations

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      Joe Herndon

      The Temptations

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      Bruce Williamson

      The Temptations

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      Eddie Vedder

      Eddie Vedder

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      Jack Black

      Paul McCartney (uncredited)

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      Paul Rudd

      John Lennon (uncredited)

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      Justin Long

      George Harrison (uncredited)

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      Jason Schwartzman

      Ringo Starr (uncredited)

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      Patrick J. Adams

      The Kid (uncredited)

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      Clement Blake

      Edith's Father (uncredited)

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      Patrick Duffy

      Patrick Duffy (uncredited)

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      Morgan Fairchild

      Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)

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      Paul Feig

      Different DJ (uncredited)

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      Amber Hay

      LSD Vision (uncredited)

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      John Michael Higgins

      Record Producer

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      Jonah Hill

      Older Nate

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      Neil Ironfield

      Dewey's Child (uncredited)

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      Cheryl Ladd

      Cheryl Ladd (uncredited)

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      Cheryl Tiegs

      Cheryl Tiegs (uncredited)

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      Serria Tawan

      70's African American Woman (uncredited)

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      Rae Sunshine Lee

      Concert attendee

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      Gregg Lee

      Concert attendee

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      Adam Herschman

      Jerry Garcia (uncredited)

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      Debbie Yeh

      Asian Woman 70's (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Kamurai

    6
    Written by Kamurai on Fri Sep 25 2020
    Decent watch at best, won't watch again, but can recommend. I only recommend this as I think enough people like J.C. Reilly, and SNL style skits. This movie is essentially a long series of SNL sketches sewn together. I'm not a fan of this style of writing because it doesn't seem to matter what order you put some of the bits in, it's just stopping the story to tell a joke or two, moving onto another joke or two, etc., until they decide to go back to the part of the movie that progresses the story. Perhaps, watching a movie like this critically is counter intuitive, but even if I were t...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    35000000.00

    Revenue

    18317151.00

    Keywords

    • rock 'n' roll
    • hip-hop
    • music record
    • pop star
    • pop
    • rapper
    • music instrument
    • blues
    • record producer
    • wedding
    • extramarital affair
    • aftercreditsstinger