Likewise, it never puts the audience through the ringer with too much melodrama. The movie is dedicated to stephen bruton, the legendary texas musician, and a lifelong friend of burnetts, wrote or cowrote most of the original music performed by bridges and ryan bingham. For bad, you couldnt ask for a better actor than jeff bridges. Crazy heart is a simple but emotionally resonant movie about a 57yearold alcoholic country singer whose career is on the skids. The official trailer for crazy heart, starring jeff bridges, maggie gyllenhaal, and robert duvall. A part from the fact a movie has shorter run time than a book. Crazy heart 2009 cast and crew with too many years of hazy days and boozy nights,former countrymusic legend bad blake jeff bridges is reduced to playing dives and bowling alleys. Crazy heart is an american musicaldrama film, written and directed by scott cooper and based on the novel by thomas cobb. Whats the difference between where the heart is the book and where the heart is the movie.
Aug 17, 2011 in the movie crazy heart, bad blake was an alcoholic former star whod slid to the bottom of the countrymusic industry. Bridges, farrell, and duvall also sing in the film. Thats because jeff bridges, a great actor, plays the singer. Dec 17, 2009 crazy heart is about a boozy, washedup countryandwestern star, and if you think youve seen it all before, you havent. Crazy heart ist ein usamerikanisches filmdrama aus dem jahr 2009. Crazy heart is about a boozy, washedup countryandwestern star, and if you think youve seen it all before, you havent. Find out where crazy heart is streaming, if crazy heart is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The movies based on a 1987 novel by thomas cobb and samples both the mythos of hank williams and those whove tried to live down to. Theres not much to the story, but not much is necessary with jeff bridges as the singer, bad blake.
Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by thomas cobb, the film centers around a downandout country music singersongwriter jeff bridges who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist maggie gyllenhaal. Once a headlining country and western star, bad blake jeff bridges is now lucky to get a gig at a bowling alley in pueblo, colo. With some clumsy movie rehab, of course from 28 days to my name is joe, theres a rich tradition of pillpopping, alcoholic, sexaddict film characters getting with the programme for five fluffy. It would be great if this was shown on turner movie classics. There isnt much pressing drama in crazy heart, but thats fine because the key to the films success is bridges. Washington times blakes dedication to, and integrity towards, his country music is more than matched by cobbs moving, respectful evocation of the world of country music, and the life and times of bad blake. Colin farrell as tommy sweet, his handsome acolyte, now a big country music star. This 1987 novel based on the life of hank thompson has an ending much different from the film and several details throughout the the movie either chose to.
Looking and sounding a great deal like kris kristofferson, bridges exudes a. His spirit broken by multiple failed marriages, too much time on the road, and too many nights with the bottle, bad blake jeff bridges had started to feel like he was headed down the path of no return. The movies pace echoes the life of its main characterunhurried. Fox searchlights sudden decision to toss crazy heart into the heat of. Arriving in manila in 2015, i began hunting the best reads in various book. Original motion picture soundtrack is a 2010 film soundtrack album to accompany the film crazy heart directed by scott cooper starring jeff bridges and maggie gyllenhaal. Like a good country song, crazy heart has an appealing, easygoing vibe for most of its running time, despite bads severe drinking problem. Nov 17, 2009 the official trailer for crazy heart, starring jeff bridges, maggie gyllenhaal, and robert duvall. Differences between where the heart is book vs movie page 1. Bone burnett has never steered us wrong, and he certainly doesnt here. Crazy from the heart dvd has all the ingredients of a wonderful romantic comedy. A worndown country singer and a burgeoning journalist form an unusual bond in this drama adapted from the novel by thomas cobb.
Crazy heart original motion picture soundtrack original. Dec 16, 2009 crazy heart is a movie about redemption, pure and simple. Raw, real, and imbued with warmth, pathos, and wry humor, the portrayal touches the heart without feeling forced or manipulative. Crazy heart is a movie about redemption, pure and simple. Its film adaptation with the same title was one of the films which had given me hope back then. Cobb talked about the differences between the book and the movie, why chet atkins killed country, and the price people are willing to pay for a hardcover edition of crazy heart. A smalltown, highschool principal still living at home with her mother shakes up her life in a way that even she never expected when she agrees to go out on a date with her schools hispanic janitor. But thats a technical and marketing issue not a creative issue. Mar 04, 2010 cobb talked about the differences between the book and the movie, why chet atkins killed country, and the price people are willing to pay for a hardcover edition of crazy heart. For i think the first time, i am uncertain whether i like the book or the movie better. Crazy heart comes close to being a genuine story of redemption as bad hits rock bottom and starts to put his life back together. In the movie crazy heart, bad blake was an alcoholic former star whod slid to the bottom of the countrymusic industry.
Jan 29, 2010 itll be hard to watch crazy heart the same way again. With christine lahti, ruben blades, william russ, louise latham. Crazy heart has an excellent cast and features top notch performances by jeff bridges and maggie gyllenhaal. To ask other readers questions about crazy heart, please sign up. Specifically, that youre never too old or too far gone to make significant changes, to break old habits or to shoot for a fresh start. Houston post blakes dedication to, and integrity towards, his country music is more than matched by cobbs moving, respectful evocation of the world of country music, and the life and times of bad blake. Cobb talked about the differences between the book and the movie, why chet atkins killed country, and the price people are willing to pay for a. Let me just say that this is a brilliant soundtrack. The book follows the movie, a few changes, but nothing big. Bolstered by his new relationship, bad regains some of the spirit and determination that he once had.
Cobbs downbeat novel, some 22 years out of print, crazy heart might. In a movie the character can speak their thoughts all day long in a either in their head, or in monlogue to themselves or to anybody else. Crazy heart author thomas cobb on his character bad blake. If youve read this far into this post, you may be wondering if mr. Ivebeen trying to purchase it but its too expensive for me on ebay. Crazy heart is a small intimate story youve seen a few times before. The novel on which the film was based was inspired by country. Crazy heart author thomas cobb on his character bad. The characters are cut cleanly out of americathe roadside west, the dance halls and beer joints, the occasional big concert, houston, nashville, southern california, and the endless, eternal hotel rooms that are as. Anthony burgess dismissal of the stanley kubrick adaptation of his novel a clockwork orange is one for the ages. Maggie gyllenhaal as jean craddock, a smalltime new mexico journalist with a.
And by god, crazy heart does have quite good country music. I dont see the difference between a book and movie in for point 3. He doesnt do this with mannerisms but with their exclusion. He is a damn good reason to see the film, and maggie gyllenhaal and the.
Crazy heart just might be the finest countrywestern novel ever written, bar none. He is 57 years old, an alcoholic and has a history of failed marriages. Jan 19, 2010 the crazy heart soundtrack album has a good number of the songs from the movie, but you can find them all below. Dont be fooled by the description of the movie as the story of a country singer. With jeff bridges, maggie gyllenhaal, colin farrell, james keane. Sep 05, 2018 in the book, the goh family was more subdued. Thomas cobbs first novel, crazy heart, is a beautiful irony that both celebrates the rise and fall or vice versa perhaps of a country musicians life through a realistic but reckless portrayal of the modern american west. Crazy heart is, essentially, the story of the downfall of the onetime famous country i think after that, its got a very specific type of person who will like it. Peik lins family in the books is still distinctly new money, but one of the biggest changes is that theyve never heard of nick of the. Crazy heart has the mellow, believable gait of real life, and sometimes the truth is better than any reassuring fiction. Maggie gyllenhaal as jean craddock, a smalltime new mexico.
It wasnt the last time one of kubricks notoriously devastating films pissed off the author of the source material stephen king once said that the shining is the only one of his book adaptations he can remember hating but burgess ire is. Crazy from the heart 1991 dvd is a wonderful drama and romance story from an unlikely place. For his musical performances, jeff bridges affected a shrewd mixture of. Bad blake jeff bridges is a brokendown, hardliving country music. Crazy from the heart dvd will tug at your heart while making you laugh. I was able to identify 29 out of the 30 scenes with songs in them some of the songs are used a couple times.
He plays the aging star with a remarkable sympathy, never allowing him. Ever since his breakthrough role in the last picture show in 1971, he has, seemingly without effort, created a series of characters who we simply believe, even the alien starman. Bad is entirely sympathetic, and this crazy heart is vivid. All 26 songs from the crazy heart soundtrack reelsoundtrack. Bridges has said he based the look and feel of the character on his friend kris kristofferson, among other musicians. Here are all 26 songs from the crazy heart soundtrack with notes on each scene they were in and in the order they appeared in the movie.
Blakes dedication to, and integrity towards, his country music is more than matched by cobbs moving, respectful evocation of the world of country music, and the life and times of bad blake. With it, crazy heart picks up some momentum just when it looks like it might settle into too a lethargic state. Crazy heart won jeff bridges a welldeserved best actor oscar for playing a downandout, alcoholic singer who struggles to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. Bruton died from cancer shortly after finishing the.
A great story and great soundtrack complement the fine acting. The soundtrack for crazy heart was produced by t bone burnett and contains 16 songs from the film starring jeff bridges. The characters are cut cleanly out of americathe roadside west, the dance halls and beer joints, the occasional big concert, houston, nashville, southern california, and the endless, eternal hotel rooms that are as close to home as any country singer ever gets. Raw, real, and imbued with warmth, pathos, and wry humor, the portrayal touches the. So what fox searchlight has salvaged essentially is a highly watchable performance by bridges, one of many he has furnished throughout a long career. Crazy from the heart dvd is a special tale of romance, race and class differences. A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him. Out of print for more than two decades, the novel is being reissued next week by harperperennial. I sat down beside the fire with crazy heart last night, not expecting much. Crazy heart by thomas cobb meet your next favorite book. I usually will read a book first and then watch the movie, but in this case, i had seen the movie a couple of times and then read the book. Bruton knew the bad blake lifestyle inside out, and he contributed some key elements to the film that werent in the book.