Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'dewey cox story'

'Walk On,' Treads on the Music-Biopic Genre

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:46:00 EDT

A few years ago, director Jake Kasdan awoke in the middle of the night with an idea that his next film would be a fake music biopic. The result was Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, starring John C. Reilly as a musician with an identity crises. Kasdan and Reilly join Fresh Air to talk about their work on the film, now out on DVD.

Reilly and Kasdan, Having Fun with 'Walk Hard'

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:00:00 EST

Actor John C. Reilly and director Jake Kasdan talk about their new film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Kasdan woke up in the middle of the night with the concept and even the title for the spoof of music biopics. This interview was initially broadcast on Dec. 3, 2007.

Amid the Humor, Dewey Cox's Music is for Real

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:29:00 EST

Though the new movie Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story features John Reilly in diaper-like underwear, the film is much more than fluff. Tying together over-the-top lines is a large body of carefully crafted songs written by Marshall Crenshaw, among others.