Movie
Crazy Heart
Overview
When 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.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-12-16
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, Informant Media, Butcher's Run Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Beth Grant as Jo Ann
- J. Michael Oliva as Bear
- Brian Gleason as Steven Reynolds
- James Keane as Manager
- Anna Felix as Barmaid
- Ryan Bingham as Tony
Crew
- Scott Cooper - Director
- Scott Cooper - Screenplay
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