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When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an existence playing in the shadow of Tommy, the upstart kid he once mentored?

The harder the life, the sweeter the song.

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell

Released: December 16, 2009

Runtime: 112.0

Popularity Rating: 9.348

Butcher's Run Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Informant Media

United States of America

Bad Blake Jeff Bridges
Jean Craddock Maggie Gyllenhaal
Tommy Sweet Colin Farrell
Wayne Robert Duvall
Jack Greene Paul Herman
Bill Wilson Tom Bower
Steven Reynolds Brian Gleason
Bear J. Michael Oliva
Jo Ann Beth Grant

Art — Art Direction: Ben Zeller
Art — Production Design: Waldemar Kalinowski
Art — Set Decoration: Carla Curry
Camera — Director of Photography: Barry Markowitz
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Doug Hall
Costume & Make-Up — Hairstylist: Geordie Sheffer
Costume & Make-Up — Hairstylist: Jennifer Santiago
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Sheila Trujillo-Gomez
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Department Head: Tarra D. Day
Directing — Director: Scott Cooper
Directing — Script Supervisor: Joanna Kennedy
Editing — Editor: Jeffrey Ford
Editing — Editor: John Axelrad
Production — Casting: Lindsay Graham
Production — Casting: Mary Vernieu
Production — Producer: Judy Cairo
Production — Producer: Rob Carliner
Production — Producer: Robert Duvall
Production — Producer: Scott Cooper
Production — Producer: T Bone Burnett
Sound — Music: Stephen Bruton
Sound — Music: T Bone Burnett
Writing — Novel: Thomas Cobb
Writing — Screenplay: Scott Cooper