Crazy Heart is a 2009 movie directed by Scott Cooper and written by Scott Cooper and Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the film. The movie had a limited release date on December 16, 2009. Filmed in New Mexico, it stars Bridges, James Keane, Anna Felix, Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall.

Crazy Heart was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning two including Bridges's win and a win for Best Achievement in Music written for a Motion Picture, Original Song. Maggie Gyllenhaal was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

The Academy Awards have nominated Crazy Heart for the following Oscars:

• Actor in a Leading Role - Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart - Won this Categoryhttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html
• Actress in a Supporting Role - Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
• Best Achievement in Music written for a Motion Picture, Original Song - Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett - Won this categoryhttp://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html

Crazy Heart won the Academy Award in the following categories:

• Best Achievement in Music written for a Motion Picture, Original Song - Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett
• Actor in a Leading Role - Jeff Bridges

Fifty-seven year old Otis Blake aka "Bad" Blake is a former small star in the country and western arena. Blake is a hard-living, overweight, chain-smoking alcoholic who spends his time performing in lesser venues such as bowling alleys and bars. His one bright spot is a standing gig at his friend Wayne Kramer’s Houston bar. Blake's doctor tells him if he continues this lifestyle it will lead to his death. His behavior has also led to many unsuccessful marriages and an adult son whom he does not know.

Blake then meets Jean Craddock, a newspaper journalist, who wants to do a piece on him for her newspaper. Through the time they spend together a relationship ensues and Jean and her four year old son become family to him. Blake also meets up with a former touring partner and protege Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell) who would like Blake to write some songs for him. The choices he makes impact both his relationship with Craddock and his future. But will this promising future in both his professional and personal life be jeopardized by his history of self-destructive behavior?

Crazy Heart takes the viewer through the journey of an alcholic and the choices he faces in trying to change his life.

• Jeff Bridges ... Bad Blake
• James Keane ... Manager
• Anna Felix ... Barmaid
• Paul Herman ... Jack Greene
• Tom Bower ... Bill Wilson
• Ryan Bingham ... Tony
• Beth Grant ... Jo Ann
• Rick Dial ... Wesley Barnes
• Maggie Gyllenhaal ... Jean Craddock
• Debrianna Mansini ... Ann
• Jerry Handy ... Cowboy
• Jack Nation ... Buddy
• Ryil Adamson ... Ralphie
• J. Michael Oliva ... Bear
• David Manzanares ... Nick
• Colin Farrell ... Tommy Sweet
• Chad Brummett ... Young Guy
• José Marquez ... Older Hispanic Man
• LeAnne Lynch ... Nurse
• William Marquez ... Doctor
• Robert Duvall ... Wayne
• Richard W. Gallegos ... Jesus / Juan
• Brian Gleason ... Steven Reynolds
• Harry Zinn ... Bartender
• Josh Berry ... Security Guard
• William Sterchi ... Pat

Blake: "I wanna talk about how bad you make this room look. I never knew what a dump it was until you came in here."

Blake: "Ain't rememberin' wonderful?"

"...a small movie perfectly scaled to the big performance at its center." ~ A. O. Scott, New York Timeshttp://movies.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/movies/16crazy.html?ref=movies

"There's a powerful symmetry at work in Crazy Heart that's impossible to resist." ~KENNETH TURAN, Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-crazy16-2009dec16,0,4660094.story

"Superb. Bridges' performance is incredibly good, perhaps the best of his career" ~ Claudia Puig, USA TODAYhttp://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-12-15-crazy-heart_N.htm

Crazy Heart is blessed with so many marvelous moments, lovely lines and vivid characters that it's hard to know where to begin..." ~ Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704398304574597691050266918.html?mod=rss_Arts_and_Entertainment