December 12th, 2007
America loves Cox! In Columbia Pictures’ new comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, John C. Reilly stars as larger-than-life musician and songwriter Dewey Cox. Behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a legend whose songs would change a nation. On his rock ‘n’ roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own ‘70s TV variety show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to – and then kicks – every drug known to man… but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman – longtime backup singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer).
Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media a Nominated Films production, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The film stars John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, and Kristen Wiig. Directed by Jake Kasdan. Produced by Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan, and Clayton Townsend. Written by Judd Apatow & Jake Kasdan. Executive Producer is Lew Morton. Director of Photography is Uta Briesewitz. Production Designer is Jefferson D. Sage. Editors are Tara Timpone and Steve Welch. Costume Designer is Debra McGuire. Music is by Michael Andrews. Music Supervision by Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for Sexual Content, Graphic Nudity, Drug Use and Language. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on December 21, 2007.
