Crazy Heart is a movie directed by Scott Cooper in 2009 and based on the book of the same name by Thomas Cobb, first published in 1987. The movie features Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Sarah Jane Morris, Beth Grant, and others.
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Storyline
Otis Bad Blake is a 57-year-old alcoholic singer-songwriter who was once a country music star. In doing so, he lets himself be pushed into renewing a professional relationship with Tommy Sweet, a popular and successful country music star he once mentored, and plays as the opening act at one of his concerts, despite his initial balking and wounded pride at being the opening act to his former student.
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Year
1987
Pages
248
Book Rate
7.46
S: Goodreads
Book
Crazy Heart
Author: Thomas Cobb
Country: USA
First published in: 1987
Length: 248 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie.”
BRIAN SELZNICK (Writer)
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