Genre: | Biographical drama |
Teleplay: | Richard Friedenberg |
Director: | Allison Anders |
Music: | Anton Sanko |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Damian Ganczewski |
Cinematography: | Joseph E. Gallagher |
Runtime: | 89 minutes |
Company: | Asylum Entertainment |
Network: | Lifetime |
Ring of Fire is a 2013 American biographical drama television film directed by Allison Anders and written by Richard Friedenberg. The film is about the life of June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash, and is based on their son John Carter Cash's 2007 book Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash. It stars Jewel Kilcher as June Carter Cash and Matt Ross as Johnny Cash.[1] It aired on Lifetime on May 27, 2013, and was nominated for four Primetime Emmys in 2013,[2] including Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.
This is the story of the decades-long love affair between June Carter and her husband, Johnny Cash, a love that was stretched to the breaking point by Johnny's addiction to pills.