Stereogum Home

 

November 8, 2007

New Dewey Cox Video - "Walk Hard"

The trailer for Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow's all-star foray in musician biopic spoofing didn't come off that well, but things look a little better as soon as John C. Reilly lip curls his way out to a an icy reception in this performance of the movie's title track ("Well, looks like I've got some proving myself to do"). Tim Meadows (Sam) counts it off, John Michael Higgins nods along at the revelation that is this tune, Chris Parnell handles double-bass and harmonies, and iconic cocktail Dewey Cox -- squarely in his Johnny Cash phase -- soundtracks a montage of his trials, tribulations, and toilet tantrums. Not sure if Jack White does anything more than karate chop in this one.

Walk Hard is out 12/21 via Columbia Pictures. Hit the official site for trailers and Dewey Cox bobbleheads.

Posted at 9:48 AM in
Tags:  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |




11 Comments

How much are you making for this?

Posted by: Liam at 11/08/07 10:54 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

I AGREE NO ONE WOULD POST ABOUT THE COMEDY MOVIE UNLESS THEY WERE PAID. WHAT IS THIS A BLOG?

Posted by: om at 11/08/07 11:14 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

What a corn encrusted turd this movie is going to be. And I'm a big fan of dick jokes too but not even the name Dewy Cox gets a giggle out of me anymore. They missed the mark badly on this one.

Posted by: Clete at 11/08/07 11:24 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

this song is dumb, they should have gotten Christopher Guest.

Posted by: dannygutters at 11/08/07 11:35 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

@ Clete

I agree it looks shitty. Which is too bad since John C Reilly is awesome

Posted by: Dora at 11/08/07 11:37 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Incidentally, the Eagles still suck

Posted by: T.S.A. GANGSTAZ at 11/08/07 1:38 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

I don't understand how people don't think this will be a funny movie. John C Reilly as the MAIN CHARACTER! And Jenna Fischer looks hot as hell. Mark my word it might be a sleeper hit.

Posted by: ohcomeon at 11/08/07 2:02 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Shame on you Stereogum for not mentioning Matt Besser!!!

Posted by: Nathan Smart at 11/08/07 2:31 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Jason Schwartzman is in this too, yay!

Posted by: Z at 11/08/07 2:53 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

I saw a screening of this tonight with about 250 people. The first twenty minutes everyone was laughing so hard, some jokes and lines were missed. This is in my opinion Apatow's funniest film to date. And we're not talking penis jokes here; this is one of the best satires of bio-pics I have even seen. You can't quite compare it to the Spinal Taps etc, as they are mockumentaries; Walk Hard is a brilliantly satirical movie. It pokes fun at not just the subject matter, but also at itself, and the filmmaking cliche's typical of the genre, particularly with on-the-nose dialog and exposition. This will be the biggest comedy of the this season, hands down.

Posted by: Gregsonfilm at 12/02/07 1:13 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

I liked him better as Pawn-na Cawmannana

Posted by: john crumb at 12/22/07 9:09 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Leave a comment


Staff

  • Founder/Editor-In-Chief: Scott Lapatine
  • Executive Editor: Amrit Singh
  • Senior Writer: Brandon Stosuy
  • Sales: Angela Williams

Info

Contact

Progress Report logo
Commercial Appeal logo
Premature Evaluation logo
Band to Watch logo
Quit Your Day Job logo
The Outsiders logo
The 'Gum Drop logo