Crazy Heart (2009)
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Drama, Music, Romance |
Crazy Heart is a American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper, in his directorial debut. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, the film centers around a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist. Other supporting roles are played by Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, and child actor Jack Nation. Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall also sing in the film.
The novel on which the film was based was inspired by country singer Hank Thompson. Filming took place during 2008 in New Mexico, in Houston, Texas, and in Los Angeles, California. Original music for the film was composed by T Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton, Ryan Bingham and others.
Otis “Bad” Blake is a 57-year-old alcoholic singer-songwriter who was once a country music star. He now earns a modest living by singing and playing his guitar in small-town bars across the southwestern United States. Having a history of failed marriages (four that he admits to, although a reference is made to a fifth he does not discuss), Blake is without a family. He has a son, aged 28, with whom he has not had contact in 24 years. He is mostly on the road performing, staying in cheap motels and travelling alone in his 1977 Chevrolet Suburban. The film opens with his arrival at a bowling alley for a show.
In Santa Fe, he meets Jean Craddock, a young journalist after a story, divorced and with a four-year-old son, Buddy. She interviews Blake one evening after his gig, and then as they become close, Jean visits again ostensibly to gather more material, and the two enter into a relationship. Jean and her son become a catalyst for Blake beginning to get his life back on track. In doing so, he lets himself be pushed into renewing a professional relationship with Tommy Sweet, a popular and successful country music star he once mentored, and plays as the opening act at one of Tommy’s concerts, despite his initial balking and wounded pride at being the opening act to his former student.
Director: Scott Cooper
Writers: Scott Cooper, Thomas Cobb (novel)
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Ryan Bingham, Paul Herman, Jack Nation
►Cast:
| Jeff Bridges | … | Bad Blake |
| James Keane | … | Manager |
| Anna Felix | … | Barmaid |
| Paul Herman | … | Jack Greene |
| Tom Bower | … | Bill Wilson |
| Ryan Bingham | … | Tony |
| Beth Grant | … | Jo Ann |
| Rick Dial | … | Wesley Barnes |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | … | Jean Craddock |
| Debrianna Mansini | … | Ann |
| Jerry Handy | … | Cowboy (as Jerry Hardy) |
| Jack Nation | … | Buddy |
| Ryil Adamson | … | Ralphie |
| J. Michael Oliva | … | Bear (as J. Michael ‘Yak’ Oliva) |
| David Manzanares | … | Nick |
| Colin Farrell | … | Tommy Sweet |
| Chad Brummett | … | Young Guy |
| Jose Jacinto Marquez | … | Older Hispanic Man (as Jose Marquez) |
| LeAnne Lynch | … | Nurse (as Le Anne Lynch) |
| William Marquez | … | Doctor |
| Robert Duvall | … | Wayne |
| Richard W. Gallegos | … | Jesus / Juan (as Richard Gallegos) |
| Brian Gleason | … | Steven Reynolds |
| Harry Zinn | … | Bartender |
| Josh Berry | … | Security Guard |
| William Sterchi | … | Pat |
| Valerie Adams | … | Rehab Patient / Driver |
| Chris Bentley | … | Record Company Executive |
| Derek Blakeney | … | Concert Patron / Security Guard / Mall Patron |
| Cade Borek | … | Restaurant Twin |
| Luke Borek | … | Restaurant Twin |
| Tina Borek | … | Woman in Restaurant |
| Steven Ray Byrd | … | Tommy Sweet Security |
| Cindy Cook | … | Audience Member |
| Annie Corley | … | Donna |
| Chad DeGroot | … | Roadie |
| Hayley Derryberry | … | Fan Taking Photo |
| John H. Euber | … | Rehab patient |
| Jeffrey Feingold | … | Dirk – Singer |
| Nicole Gramlich | … | Shopper in Hall |
| Brent Lambert | … | Record Executive |
| Cynthia Lee | … | Office Worker |
| Beth Lucero | … | Mall Patron |
| Michael Neal Powell | … | Bar Patron / Bowler |
| David T. Quan | … | Mall Business Person |
| James Rishe | … | Evangelo’s Patron |
| Denny Shoopman | … | Security / roadie |
| J. Nathan Simmons | … | Tommy Sweet Roadie |
| Blake Williams | … | Bar Patron |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia