Product Description

A collection of performances, archival footage and photos detailing Johnny Cash's music career.
Genre: Music Video - Pop/Rock
Rating: NR
Release Date: 26-FEB-2002
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39881 in DVD
• Brand: CASH,JOHNNY
• Released on: 2002-02-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Best of, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .28 pounds
• Running time: 54 minutes

Amazon.com
Sure, Johnny Cash is a country superstar and a founding father of rock & roll--but why, exactly? Johnny Cash: The Anthology is an efficient and highly enjoyable effort to answer that question through a rare historical perspective. Comprised of a 54-minute documentary and a supplementary film entitled Half Mile a Day, The Anthology places Cash dead center at the junction of gospel and blues traditions: between the isolation of hard living in America, delusional guilt from too much sin, and the fragile redemption of love. Drawing upon archival footage of Cash performing his earliest crossover hits ("Five Feet High and Risin'," "I Walk the Line") and including comments by admiring peers (Rodney Crowell, Porter Wagoner), The Anthology makes a compelling case for Cash as a master of knife-edged economy and a populist oracle from a younger, perhaps scarier, America. If it has become too easy over the decades to take Cash for granted, The Anthology sets things straight. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Must have for Johnny Cash fans
OK, I only rated this 4 stars because I wish there was more video of Johnny Cash singing and less of everyone else telling me how great Johnny Cash is. I already know how great Johnny Cash is. Also, I wish there had been interviews with Johnny.

Great sampling!
This is a great DVD of the music of Johnny Cash. The video clips are from some of his best performances. It can truly be called an anthology. Songs from the early years through the nineties are here. The interviews with people like Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings give insight to the man named Johnny Cash. I would highly recommend this to anyone who even has a slight interest in the music of Johnny Cash. The one thing I dislike about this collection is that I would prefer that they would not have spoken over the beginnings and endings of the songs. I'm glad that this was released while Johnny is alive so that he can be encouraged by all the kind words spoken about him and the influence that he has had on people in and out of the music industry.

May he rest in peace
In these crazy times, and in light of today's fickle marketful of pretenders and johnny-come-latelys, Johnny Cash's passing leaves a void that will never be satisfactorily filled. After a wildly tormented life, Johnny now finally rests in peace, while we are left with fifty years' worth of legendary material which resists comprehensive summation. This DVD, however, makes a convincing case for Johnny as THE nonpareil figure in country music history, and probably the greatest songster in popular music history.