Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
- Old Bluesman
- (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
- Teenage Band
- (as Jack Saperstein)
- Teenage Band
- (as Taylor Jamison Hubert)
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- TriviaThe musicians spoofed are: Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, David Bowie, Roy Orbison, Queen, Meat Loaf, David Crosby, Jim Morrison, Harry Chapin, Don McLean, Elvis Presley, The Cars, Christopher Ward, Nelly, Tim McGraw, The Beatles, Brian Wilson (during his "SMILE" album period), Stevie Wonder (who lost his sense of smell after a 1973 car crash), and Michael Jackson (with a monkey and giraffe as house pets).
- GoofsDuring his college show for "little man", contemporary cars are visible in the background.
- Quotes
[after Dewey accidentally barges in a room filled with smoke and groupies]
Sam: [coughs] Get outta here, Dewey!
Dewey Cox: What are y'all doin' in here?
Sam: We're smoking reefer and you don't want no part of this shit.
Dewey Cox: You're smoking *reefers*?
Sam: Yeah, 'course we are; can't you smell it?
Dewey Cox: [Dewey doesn't have a sense of smell] No, Sam. I can't.
Reefer Girl: Come on, Dewey! Join the party!
[takes a hit off a joint]
Sam: No, Dewey, you don't want this. Get outta here!
Dewey Cox: You know what, I don't want no hangover. I can't get no hangover.
Sam: It doesn't give you a hangover!
Dewey Cox: Wha-I get addicted to it or something?
Sam: It's not habit-forming!
Dewey Cox: Oh, okay... well, I don't know... I don't want to overdose on it.
Sam: You can't OD on it!
Dewey Cox: It's not gonna make me wanna have sex, is it?
Sam: It makes sex even better!
Dewey Cox: Sounds kind of expensive.
Sam: It's the cheapest drug there is.
Dewey Cox: [at a loss and out of excuses] Hmm.
Sam: You don't want it!
Dewey Cox: I think I kinda want it.
Sam: Okay, but just this once. Come on in.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits there is a black&white clip of Dewey Cox performing Walk Hard in 2002, with the words "The actual Dewey Cox"
- Alternate versionsThe extended version released on home video, "American Cox: The Unbearably Long Self-Indulging Director's Cut", runs at 2 hours long.
- SoundtracksPrelude in G Minor, Op. 28, No. 22
Written by Frédéric Chopin
*** 1/2 out of ****
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- Also known as
- Walk Hard
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,317,151
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,174,383
- Dec 23, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $20,577,736
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1