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* HilariousInHindsight: Robert Patrick plays Johnny Cash's father. Around the same year this movie was made, Patrick also played Music/ElvisPresley's father.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Johnny Cash actually did propose to June on stage. This was not an invention of Hollywood.
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* AwardSnub: While fans of the movie thought Philip Seymour Hoffman delivered a great performance, many argued that Joaquin Phoenix should have won the Oscar.

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* AwardSnub: While fans of the movie thought Philip Seymour Hoffman delivered a great performance, Hoffman's Oscar-winning performance in ''Film/{{Capote}}'' was great, many argued that Joaquin Phoenix should have won the Oscar.Oscar instead.
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*AwardSnub: While fans of the movie thought Philip Seymour Hoffman delivered a great performance, many argued that Joaquin Phoenix should have won the Oscar.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Robert Patrick plays Johnny Cash's father. Around the same year, this movie was made, Patrick also played Music/ElvisPresley's father.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Robert Patrick plays Johnny Cash's father. Around the same year, year this movie was made, Patrick also played Music/ElvisPresley's father.
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* WTHCastingAgency: People were ''furious'' when it was announced that Reese Witherspoon was cast as June Carter. [[SubvertedTrope She later]] [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct proved them wrong]], giving the most praised female performance of 2005, winning every award, including the Academy Award.
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* WTHCastingAgency: People were ''furious'' when it was announced that Reese Witherspoon was cast as June Carter. [[SubvertedTrope She later]] [[HeReallyCanAct proved them wrong]], giving the most praised female performance of 2005, winning every award, including the Academy Award.

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* WTHCastingAgency: People were ''furious'' when it was announced that Reese Witherspoon was cast as June Carter. [[SubvertedTrope She later]] [[HeReallyCanAct [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct proved them wrong]], giving the most praised female performance of 2005, winning every award, including the Academy Award.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Robert Patrick plays Johnny Cash's father. Around the same year, this movie was made, Patrick also played [[ElvisPresley Elvis Presley's]] father.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Robert Patrick plays Johnny Cash's father. Around the same year, this movie was made, Patrick also played [[ElvisPresley Elvis Presley's]] Music/ElvisPresley's father.
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* WTHCastingAgency: People were ''furious'' when it was announced that Reese Witherspoon was cast as June Carter. [[SubvertedTrope She later]] [[HeReallyCanAct proved them wrong]], giving the most praised female performance of 2005, winning every award, including the Academy Award.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Robert Patrick plays Johnny Cash's father. Around the same year, this movie was made, Patrick also played [[ElvisPresley Elvis Presley's]] father.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Cash's career after his marriage to June.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pretty much every song, and the actors did a surprisingly good job at mimicking the styles of their characters.



* TearJerker: Basically, '''''THE WHOLE MOVIE'''''.

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* TearJerker: Basically, '''''THE WHOLE MOVIE'''''.----
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The scene in which Johnny's brother, Jack, dies rather gruesomely. A table saw is involved.

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: NightmareFuel: The scene in which Johnny's brother, Jack, dies rather gruesomely. A table saw is involved.

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The scene in which Johnny's brother, Jack, dies rather gruesomely. A table saw is involved.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Compressing Johnny Cash's life into a few hours makes him come off like kind of a {{Jerkass}} sometimes. The most prominent example would be appearing to lose interest in his wife and children only a few scenes after begging her to marry him (actually a period of over a decade). Also, some of his attempts to romance June come off poorly without context.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pretty much every song, and the actors did a surprisingly good job at mimicking the styles of their characters.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The scene in which Johnny's brother, Jack, dies rather gruesomely. A table saw is involved.involved.
* TearJerker: Basically, '''''THE WHOLE MOVIE'''''.

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