Who is crazy heart based on

Friend T Bone Burnett convinced him to do it. Shaver played a close friend of Duvall's title character in The Apostle , and also had a speaking role in the Duvall film Secondhand Lions Bad Blake's drink of choice, McClure's, is fictional. It was named after a company that the Cooper family has close ties with: Morgan McClure Racing, stationed in Abingdon, Virginia, which is close to where Scott Cooper grew up in southwestern Virginia.

Duvall was not in the remake, but Bridges received an Oscar nomination, but did not win. In the first scene with Bad, played by Jeff Bridges, and Buddy, played by Jack Nation, Bad is teaching him how to "kick" a paper football, a popular tabletop game played mostly by grade school boys for many decades.

The party store owner who gives Bad Blake a gift bottle of his favorite bourbon is named Bill Wilson. In the third act, Bad joins an unnamed recovery group that seems to be Alcoholics Anonymous, which was co-founded by Bill Wilson, also known as Bill W. Sign In. Crazy Heart Trivia 21 Add new. Scott Cooper.

More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. 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. The harder the life, the sweeter the song. Rated R for language and brief sexuality. Did you know Edit. Trivia Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell did their own singing in this film, with the assistance of voice coach Roger Love.

Goofs The first time Bad leaves Jean's house, the left front fender of the Suburban says "Silverado", the second time he leaves Jean's house, after the roll over, it says "Scottsdale" which means they used at least two trucks.

Quotes Bad Blake : I wanna talk about how bad you make this room look. Fox User reviews Review. Top review. Bridges' Best. Saw an early screening of "Crazy Heart".

Many critics have praised it and will continue to do so. Many critics will write it off as "just another washed-up musician struggling to overcome their addictions and weaknesses and make sense of things", etc. In a way, they are right. In a way, this is another one of those movies. But, because of Jeff Bridges' absolutely amazing performance, this film is more than that. If you want to see an actor breathe real-life into their character, endow truthful subtlety in their part, and absolutely nail a role that they were born to play, then you need to see Jeff Bridges rendition of Bad Blake.

I believed that Bridge's portrayal of "The Dude" in "The Big Lebowski" was the essential role of his career, but after seeing this performance, I've changed my tune.

It's true that we will not be witnessing cinematic history with the incredible plot or awe-inspiring film-making. Enter Jean, a young journalist and single mother, played by the preternaturally captivating Maggie Gyllenhaal. Jean makes Bad realize just where his life had been headed. What sets the Oscar-winning film apart from other music movies is its subtle but just-right moments.