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.
Directed byScott Cooper
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 16, 2009
- Budget
- $7,000,000
- Revenue
- $47,405,566
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Jeff Bridges
Bad Blake
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Jean Craddock
Robert Duvall
Wayne
Colin Farrell
Tommy Sweet
Tom Bower
Bill Wilson
Paul Herman
Jack Greene
Beth Grant
Jo Ann
J. Michael Oliva
Bear
Brian Gleason
Steven Reynolds
James Keane
Manager
- Directed by
- Scott Cooper
- Written by
- Scott Cooper
- Produced by
- Scott CooperT Bone Burnett
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