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Crazy Heart is a drama film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on the novel by Thomas Cobb. Cast: Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jean Craddock, Colin Farrell as Tommy Sweet, Robert Duvall as Wayne Kramer, Beth Grant as JoAnne, Sarah Jane Morris as Marissa Reynolds, Annie Corley as Donna and Tom Bower as Bill Wilson. Crazy Heart is set to be released on December 16, 2009 by Fox Searchlight Pictures. In the movie, Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is an emotionally-crippled, alcoholic country music singer, with one too many failed marriages under his belt. Enter Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a young journalist who begins to see the man behind the musician and helps Bad get his life back on track. In doing so, Bad also becomes the mentor to a contemporary country star, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell), while simultaneously struggling in the rising young crooner's shadow.

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