The daughter of Johnny Cash has hit out at the movie about the singer's life, 'Walk The Line', claiming it unfairly portrays her mother as a "mad little psycho". Kathy Cash, the legendary singer's daughter with first wife Vivian Liberto Distin, walked out of the special screening of the movie given to the Cash family because, she claims, the depiction of her mother, who died earlier this year, was just "not true".
Cash's daughter told reporters: "My mom was basically a nonentity in the entire film except for the mad little psycho who hated his career. She loved his career and was proud of him until he started taking drugs and stopped coming home". John Carter-Cash, Cash's son from his second marriage, is the film's executive producer, but admitted his half-sister's complaints had some merit. He said he was "compassionately understanding" of her objections, but stressed that Distin was a minor character in the film because "the point of the film is my parents' love affair".
Kathy Cash did, however, praise the performances of Joaquin Phoenix as Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash - both are tipped for Oscar nominations for their performances in the movie.