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Joaquin Phoenix?

Was that really him singing in the Johnny Cash movie? If it was he should consider a career in country music. He may have sounded better than Cash on his songs. Needless to say I was impressed.

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    Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed all of the songs themselves, without being dubbed. They also learned to play their instruments (guitar and auto-harp, respectively) from scratch.

  • 1 decade ago

    From what I understand it was him singing & Reese Witherspoon sung as well. I think I saw on TV that he was chosen b/c even though he did not sound as much like Cash as they wanted, he personified him perfectly.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes and he also learned over 20 songs on the guitar. Reese Witherspoon also sang her parts too. They are both very talented.

  • Souris
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    That was him. My sister was an extra in the movie, and she was telling me about neat it was to actually hear the two of them singing in person.

    Reese Witherspoon also did her own singing, and I believe at one point during filming, she nearly lost her voice.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you know i haven't seen the movie yet i brought it 2 days ago but haven't had the time to see it but i was told that they both sang the song from what i saw in the commercial they sounded very good.

  • J D
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I heard that he did sing in that movie. I believe there was a CD released of him singing as J.Cash

  • 1 decade ago

    Yep, him and Reese Witherspoon both sung all the songs themselves.

  • 1 decade ago

    YES- it was him singing- lots of training.

    YES-it was Reese Whiterspoon singing as well

    The Movie CD is wonderful...enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    He did do the singing, and he was good. Michelle Pfeiffer was terrific in "The Fabulous Baker Boys,"

    never sang before or since, to my knowledge.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes it was him singing and I agree, he should go into music he has a really good voice!

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