- Alcoholism and bad luck: it's all in a day's work for a washed up country singer, and Jeff Bridges is about to find out. Bridges, as well as Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall, are set to star in Crazy Heart.The film, written and directed by Scott Cooper, follows a musician attempting to regain his career and his personal life. It is based on a novel by Thomas Cobb. Following in the footsteps of Walk the Line, Bridges will be performing original songs for Crazy Heart. T Bone Burnett will be doing the soundtrack. Producers include Duvall and Robert Carliner (Butchers Run Films), Judy Cairo, Cooper, and Burnett. Bridges, Michael A. Simpson, Eric Brenner, and Jeff Yapp will executive produce. The film will be released through Cmt Films (Viacom/MTV Networks) and Informant Media. Shooting is slated to begin next month in Santa Fe, New Mexico....
- 7/17/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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