Post by sandi on Jan 17, 2006 2:10:35 GMT -5
The Johnny Cash biography "Walk the Line" won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy film last night (Jan. 16) and earned acting honors for stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, boosting their Academy Awards prospects.
Phoenix and Witherspoon won for best actor and actress in a movie musical or comedy for the biopic that follows country legend Cash's career and his long courtship with the love of his life, June Carter.
The Globe audience clapped along to Cash's song "I Walk the Line" as Phoenix took the stage. "Who would ever have thought that I would win in the comedy or musical category?" said Phoenix, poking fun at his image for dark, brooding roles. "Not expected."
Phoenix, who did his own singing in the film, thanked "John and June for sharing their life with all of us."
"This film is really important to me," said Witherspoon, who offers a spirited performance and fine singing as Carter. "It's about where I grew up, it's about the music I grew up listening to, so it's very meaningful."
John Williams won best original score for "Memoirs of a Geisha," while Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin took home best original song for "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from "Brokeback Mountain."
Earlier in the evening, Jonathan Rhys Meyers won the Golden Globe for miniseries or movie actor as Elvis Presley in "Elvis."
The Globes are awarded by the relatively small Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has about 80 members, compared with the 5,800 film professionals eligible to vote for the Oscars.
Phoenix and Witherspoon won for best actor and actress in a movie musical or comedy for the biopic that follows country legend Cash's career and his long courtship with the love of his life, June Carter.
The Globe audience clapped along to Cash's song "I Walk the Line" as Phoenix took the stage. "Who would ever have thought that I would win in the comedy or musical category?" said Phoenix, poking fun at his image for dark, brooding roles. "Not expected."
Phoenix, who did his own singing in the film, thanked "John and June for sharing their life with all of us."
"This film is really important to me," said Witherspoon, who offers a spirited performance and fine singing as Carter. "It's about where I grew up, it's about the music I grew up listening to, so it's very meaningful."
John Williams won best original score for "Memoirs of a Geisha," while Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin took home best original song for "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from "Brokeback Mountain."
Earlier in the evening, Jonathan Rhys Meyers won the Golden Globe for miniseries or movie actor as Elvis Presley in "Elvis."
The Globes are awarded by the relatively small Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has about 80 members, compared with the 5,800 film professionals eligible to vote for the Oscars.
