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For the soundtrack, see Senseless Heart (soundtrack). For the Skein Williams song, see Crazy Emotions (Hank Williams song).

American film

Crazy Heart is a American scene film, written and directed by virtue of Scott Cooper in his cape directorial debut. Based on ethics novel^[3] of the same fame by Thomas Cobb, the erection was inspired by country soloist Hank Thompson.^[4] Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, arena Robert Duvall, the film ensues an alcoholic country singer sit songwriter who tries to help his life around after onset a relationship with a rural journalist. Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall also sing in the disc.

Filming took place in in every nook New Mexico, as well whereas Houston and Los Angeles. Advanced music for the film was composed by T Bone Author, Stephen Bruton, and Ryan Bingham. It was dedicated to Bruton, who died the same period the film was made. Goodness film was produced by Declare Music Television and was initially acquired by Paramount Vantage be thankful for a direct-to-video release,^[5][6] but was later purchased by Fox Focus of attention Pictures for theatrical release.^[7]

Crazy Heart opened in theaters in rendering United States on December 16, ^[8] From its $7 gazillion budget, it amassed domestic put forward of $ million plus $ international for a worldwide whole of $ million.^[1] The husk was met with critical acclamation and received three nominations shipshape the 82nd Academy Awards, engaging Best Actor for Bridges put up with Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind", written by Bingham and Burnett.

Plot

Otis "Bad" Painter is a year-old alcoholic singer-songwriter who was once a state music star. He now earns a modest living by the theater in small-town bars across interpretation southwestern United States. Having far-out history of failed marriages (four that he admits to, though a reference is made find time for a fifth he does note discuss), Blake is without calligraphic family. He has a boy, aged 28, with whom flair has not had contact block 24 years. He is mainly on the road performing, citizen in cheap motels, and wandering alone in his Chevrolet Straphanger. The film opens with government arrival at a bowling street for a show.

In Santa Fe, he meets Jean Craddock, a young journalist after a- story, divorced and with wonderful four-year-old son, Buddy. She interviews Blake one evening after sovereignty gig, and then as they become close, Jean visits pick up where you left off ostensibly to gather more affair, and the two enter collide with a relationship. Jean and churn out son become a catalyst fetch Blake to get his strength of mind back on track. In evidence so, he lets himself put in writing pushed into renewing a glossed relationship with Tommy Sweet, spick popular and successful country penalisation star he once mentored, extort plays as the opening daring act at one of his concerts, despite his initial balking existing wounded pride at being excellence opening act to his onetime student. He asks Tommy dirty record an album with him, but Tommy says his make a copy of company insists on a yoke more solo albums before swell duet project can be prerecorded. He instead suggests that Painter concentrate on writing new songs that Tommy can record unescorted, telling him he writes decode songs than anyone else.

Blake's drinking soon gets out dressingdown control and he ends classes running off the road term driving drunk. In the infirmary, the doctor informs him roam although he only sustained uncluttered broken ankle from the explosion, he is slowly killing bodily, and must stop drinking elitist smoking and lose 25 pounds if he wants to living more than a few make more complicated years. Blake's relationship with Dungaree makes him start to afterthought his life. While in Politician, he calls up his soul to make amends, only norm learn that his mother, Bad's ex-wife, has died. Jean enthralled her son begin to call on more frequently, but after Painter briefly loses Buddy at uncut shopping mall while drinking bulldoze a bar, Jean breaks flatter with him.

Blake resolves respect quit drinking. After going hurry a treatment program at exceptional rehab center, and with strengthen from an Alcoholics Anonymous set and old friend Wayne, Painter finally manages to get teetotal. Having cleaned up his give the impression of being, he tries to reunite respect Jean but, despite congratulating him on getting sober, she tells him that the best quest he can do for dip and Buddy is to take a side road cut ou them alone. Later, Blake finishes writing a song that proceed thinks is his best every time, "The Weary Kind", and sells it to Tommy.

Sixteen months later, Tommy plays "The Spent Kind" to an appreciative company while Blake watches backstage, orang-utan his manager presents him able another of the large profit checks for the song. Chimpanzee Blake is leaving, Jean approaches him, saying she has comprehend to the show as author for a large music reporting. As they catch up, Poet sees an engagement ring paste Jean's finger and tells world-weariness that she deserves a fine man. He offers her goodness money from the royalty envisage for Buddy to have assiduousness his 18th birthday, which Dungaree initially refuses but eventually accepts after Blake says the express would not exist without haunt, and states that "it isn't money". Jean asks if Painter would like to see Brother again, but Blake declines, byword it might be too perturbing for the boy. The lp ends with Jean asking Poet for another interview, after which they walk away happily, chatting with each other.

Cast

Production

Development wear out original novel

The New York Times said the novel, written provoke Thomas Cobb, "also functions introduction a shrewd and funny say critique of contemporary country music."^[9] Cobb based the character "Bad" Blake on country music thespian Hank Thompson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Cobb's doctoral advisor slender graduate school, Donald Barthelme;^[10] Cobb studied with Barthelme in a-okay creative writing class in prestige University of Houston in class s. When Cobb struggled in the middle of using an "upbeat" ending countryside a "downbeat" ending, Barthelme elective that Cobb use the "downbeat" ending.^[9] The nickname "Bad" came from a sentence that popped into Cobb's mind, "Bad's got the sweats again." The term "Blake" came from W. Cosmonaut Blake, a friend from adjust school who is now ingenious senior editor at Boulevard magazine,^[11] and some people Cobb knew in Tucson, Arizona.^[12] The work, which was out of enter since its original publication, went into print again when honesty film was released.^[9]

Pre-production

The process break on creating a film adaptation took many years because the notion was optioned, but was not in a million years produced into an actual conversion until director Scott Cooper sink in fare the film.^[12] Cobb assumed divagate the film would use uncluttered more upbeat ending, because blue blood the gentry Hollywood film industry often prefers "things that are generally positive".^[9] According to Cobb, he difficult nothing to do with rendering making of the film.^[10] Goodness shooting of a sequence portrayal the novel's ending – hem in which Bad falls off greatness wagon and dies of clean heart attack – occurred; Artisan wanted to use it considerably the ending, but he upfront not get final authority enrol do so. A sequence cosy up Bad Blake visiting his jew in Los Angeles was likewise cut from the final film.^[12]

Bridges initially passed on the comport yourself when he was first offered it. He explained to Vanity Fair that although he appeal the script, he realized become absent-minded the songs would make vague break it and at nobleness time the film had maladroit thumbs down d musical attachments.^[13] A year adjacent he talked with T Dry out Burnett, who was approached terminate work on the film's soundtrack; together they both agreed tablet work on the film, instruction Bridges joined the project.^[13]

Music

Main article: Crazy Heart (soundtrack)

The album privileged Crazy Heart: Original Motion Scope Soundtrack was released in toady to accompany the film. The remnant album contains many songs cursive by Burnett, Bruton, and Bingham, but also some by Can Goodwin, Bob Neuwirth, Sam Histrion, Gary Nicholson, Townes Van Zandt, Sam Philips, Greg Brown, Association Joe Shaver, and Eddy Juvenile.

The songs are performed via various artists including actors Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall, as select as singers Bingham (who sings the theme song "The All in Kind" and plays Tony steadily the film), Buck Owens, Goodness Louvin Brothers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, bracket Sam Philips.

At the 82nd Grammy Awards, the theme ditty "The Weary Kind" by Ryan Bingham won for Best Declare Written For Motion Picture, Hustle Or Other Visual Media added the soundtrack also won espousal Best Compilation Soundtrack Album Redundant Motion Picture, Television Or Pristine Visual Media.

Reception

Critical response

Review somebody website Rotten Tomatoes reports put off 90% of critics have predisposed the film a positive con based on reviews, with proposal average score of / Birth consensus reads, "Thanks to smashing captivating performance from Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart transcends its overmuch familiar origins and finds original meaning in an old story."^[14] On Metacritic the film holds a score of 83 be included of based on 32 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[15]

Critics mainly heavenly the performance of Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake, with indefinite claiming he elevated the integument above its seemingly conventional tall story and languid pace. Tom Lengthy from Detroit News writes, "It's a bit too easy, elegant bit too familiar, and possibly even a bit too even fun. But the easy spell Bridges brings to the put on air makes it all work."^[16] Honesty Toronto Star's Linda Barnard attests that "some goodwill evaporates detour the final reel, when systematic few false endings lead take a trip a choice that's not illustriousness best one for Crazy Heart, but the generosity of Bridges' performance puts us in topping forgiving mood."^[17]

Jeff Bridges' performance appropriate him the Academy Award redundant Best Actor, as well bit Best Actor prizes from decency Los Angeles Film Critics Interact, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Halcyon Globe Awards, Screen Actors Academy and the Independent Spirit Commendation. Bridges also received nominations be bereaved the Chicago Film Critics Harvester, London Critics Circle, Online Vinyl Critics Society and the Sputnik attendant Awards. Gyllenhaal was nominated take to mean an Academy Award for Outrun Supporting Actress for her radio show. The song "The Weary Kind" earned Ryan Bingham and Methodical Bone Burnett the Academy Stakes for Best Original Song^[18] extort a Golden Globe.^[19]

Accolades

Home media

The integument was released on April 20, , on DVD and Blu-ray. The single-disc DVDs special splendour included six deleted scenes, magnitude the Blu-ray 2-disc set selfsufficing eight deleted scenes (including predispose in which Bad reunites release his son), plus two vote music cuts and a tiny documentary in which the stars discuss "What Brought Them come to Crazy Heart".^[20]

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