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Crazy Heart Movie Updates

The Harder The Life, The Sweeter The Song.

Crazy Heart Movie Updates

Total Updates: 22

Fox Searchlight Pictures from Fox Searchlight

  • added a running time of 112 minutes

  • added a synopsis

  • "Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film "Crazy Heart" from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart."

IMP Awards from Movie Poster Awards

  • added the tagline: "The Harder The Life, The Sweeter The Song."

from Exhibitor Relations

Fox Searchlight jumps 'Crazy Heart' into Oscar season from Los Angeles Times

Searchlight acquired the film in July, taking it off the market with a low seven-figure bid, enamored by the film's acting and nuanced storytelling. Its original plan was to release the movie in the spring of 2010. But the studio must be smelling award-season gold, because my sources say the movie is moving into Oscar territory, ...

MPAA ratings: Oct. 28, 2009 from The Hollywood Reporter

  • changed the production status to Complete

  • set the MPAA rating to R for language and brief sexuality

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