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CRAZY HEART

POSTED BY Wookie Johnson | TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17 AT 2:10 PST 

Director: Scott Cooper

Cast: Jeff Bridges; Maggie Gyllenhaal; Robert Duvall; Colin Farrell

Synopsis: Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) 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 (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.

Jeff Bridges Rides The Dusty Trail to Oscar Bait In \'Crazy Heart\'

Jeff Bridges Rides The Dusty Trail to Oscar Bait In 'Crazy Heart'

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Jeff Bridges may soon be able to wipe away the stigma of "Four Time Academy Award NOMINEE" from his title and add the coveted "Academy Award Winner." The trailer for Crazy Heart gives him a role as strong as Mickey Rourke's in The Wrestler, but replaces bright spandex with a good 'ol fashioned gee-tar. The Dude plays Bad Blake, a broke down country music singer looking to find salvation with the help of a journalist (instead of stripper this time) played by I-look-like-a-sad-turtle Maggie Gyllenhaal. As Blake and the turtle struggle down the road of redemption, they learn profound things about  each other and themselves, and it changes their perception of the future. Basically.Check out the trailer after the jump. More...