Crazy Heart Poster Released

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, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. Bad also becomes the mentor to a contemporary country star, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell), while simultaneously struggling in the rising young crooner’s shadow.

Crazy Heart has been generating Oscar buzz for some time now and it’s not at all hard to see why. It has the luxury of having a great cast, boasting Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell. It also has the added bonus of having a very Oscar-friendly story. We all know how much the Academy loves stories about redemption and the film has already drawn huge comparisons with last years big hit The Wrestler.

Adapted from a book written by Thomas Cobb the film has been bumped up to a December release in the states to make sure that it is in contention for the Oscars in February.

Fox Searchlight are obviously very confident of having a winner on their hands here and to be honest I completely agree with them.

Jeff Bridges will definitely bag himself a nomination for this one.

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