The harder the life, the sweeter the song.
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.
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Classical in form, contemplative, intimate and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesBad Blake
- Maggie GyllenhaalJean Craddock
- Robert DuvallWayne
- Colin FarrellTommy Sweet
- Tom BowerBill Wilson
- Paul HermanJack Greene
- Beth GrantJo Ann
- J. Michael OlivaBear
- Brian GleasonSteven Reynolds
- James KeaneManager
Crew
- Scott CooperDirector
- Scott CooperScreenplay
- Thomas CobbNovel
- Barry MarkowitzDirector of Photography
- Stephen BrutonOriginal Music Composer
- T Bone BurnettOriginal Music Composer
- John AxelradEditor
- Jeffrey FordEditor
- Scott CooperProducer
- T Bone BurnettProducer
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