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6.9When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
Cast
- Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jean Craddock
- Robert Duvall as Wayne
- Colin Farrell as Tommy Sweet
- Tom Bower as Bill Wilson
- Paul Herman as Jack Greene
Themes
- journalist
- taxi
- country music
- guitar
- musician
- alcoholism
- singer
- memory
- texan
- alcoholic
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
96,025 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 40 wins & 33 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Scott Cooper
- Screenplay by
- Scott Cooper
- Based on
- Crazy Heart , by Thomas Cobb
- Produced by
- Robert Duvall Rob Carliner Judy Cairo T Bone Burnett Scott Cooper
- Starring
- Jeff Bridges Maggie Gyllenhaal Robert Duvall
- Cinematography
- Barry Markowitz
- Edited by
- John Axelrad Jeffrey Ford
- Music by
- Stephen Bruton T Bone Burnett Ryan Bingham
- Production companies
- Dune Entertainment Informant Media Butcher's Run Films
- Distributed by
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release dates
- December 6, 2009 ( 2009-12-06 ) ( Santa Fe Film Festival ) December 16, 2009 ( 2009-12-16 ) (United States )
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $47.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 677232
- Official website
- www.foxsearchlight.com/crazyheart
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- publication date
- 2010-03-04
- title
- Crazy Heart
- box office
- 47400000
- capital cost
- 7000000
- review score
- 83/100
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Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, the story was inspired by country singer Hank Thompson. Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, and Robert Duvall, the film follows an alcoholic country singer and songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist. Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall also sing in the film.
Filming took place in 2008 throughout New Mexico, as well as Houston and Los Angeles. Original music for the film was composed by T Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton, and Ryan Bingham. It was dedicated to Bruton, who died the same year the film was made. The film was produced by Country Music Television and was originally acquired by Paramount Vantage for a direct-to-video release, but was later purchased by Fox Searchlight Pictures for theatrical release.