Details

Release year: 2009

Storyline

A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

Top credits

Directors

Scott Cooper

Writers

Cast

Jeff Bridges — Bad Blake
Maggie Gyllenhaal — Jean Craddock
Colin Farrell — Tommy Sweet
James Keane — Manager

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Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell did their own singing in this film, with the assistance of voice coach Roger Love.

• In preparation for the climactic concert scene, writer and director Scott Cooper approached country singer Toby Keith about filming a live segment of his film during Keith's half-time break in Albuquerque's Journal Pavilion. He is thanked in the credits. The production had ten minutes in which to film Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell performing in front of five cameras and an audience of 12,000 fans. Cooper's insistence on an element of surprise paid off when the audience went ballistic upon discovering the unexpected "star" guest spot. Farrell's appearance on stage further fueled the mass hysteria as cell phone cameras lit up the auditorium. The whole extravaganza was up on YouTube within a matter of a few hours.

• Jeff Bridges has always been musically inclined. In 2000, he released an album called "Be Here Soon".