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	<title>Andy at The Movies &#187; Scott Cooper</title>
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		<title>Crazy Heart Behind the Scenes Featurette</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We sung the praises of Crazy Heart on tonight&#8217;s KVNU Movie Show, but if you&#8217;re still unsure on whether or not to give the film a shot, check out this behind-the-scenes featurette from Fox Searchlight. Happy Friday!]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review (Dan&#8217;s Take): Crazy Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of cinemas most satisfying experiences can be found in small, quiet movies. The kind that don&#8217;t bowl you over with strength of their story, but rather the subtle unwrapping of their soul. Films whose strengths expand on the accessibility of its characters thanks in large part to actors who lose themselves in their roles. Crazy Heart is one of those films and Jeff Bridges is one of those actors. If you&#8217;ve seen the trailer for Crazy Heart, you&#8217;ve sampled its flavor. Crazy Heart wears its emotions on its sleeve, gently allowing the audience into a simple country song captured on film: a story about a washed-up drunk, love and aching redemption. Crazy Heart&#8216;s emotionally resounding  strength lies in its ability to avoid the kind of heavy-handed drama easily injected into a film about real-life blues, real-life mistakes and the man who succumbs to them. At times, Crazy Heart&#8216;s events hint perilously close to cliche, but director and writer Scott Cooper, propelled almost single-handedly by Jeff Bridges, delivers an emotionally rich character arc that kindly averts the easy ledge and keeps things both authentically grounded and achingly real. Set in the world of &#8220;true&#8221; country music&#8211; not its highly polished, pop star crossover cousin&#8211; Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges), is a wasting man. He&#8217;s never without a drink or a cigarette and sucks them down without regard. Bad (as he likes to be called) is a hard-drinking, hard-living singer/songwriter who&#8217;s resigned himself to a life of bottom shelf venues and the kind of star power that&#8217;s dimly reflected off a shining day decades past. Driving himself from one dive to the next in his weathered &#8217;78 Suburban, Bad Blake is kind-hearted and generous to his fans, but hardly so with himself&#8211; drinking and puking his way to certain oblivion until an act of fan service leads him to a savior in Jean Craddock (Oscar-nominated Maggie Gyllenhall) and her young son. In spite of his self-imposed isolation, abuse and despair, Bad Blake is the beneficiary of an incredible network of love and support that surrounds him on all sides. Through the murk of his self-destruction, Bad Blake offhandedly rejects and resents the life lines repeatedly offered by his apprentice-turned super star Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrel), a slick-talking manager and old friend Wayne (the always delightfully earthy Robert Duvall). Both a refreshing and tender achievement, everyone in Bad Blake&#8217;s life has his best interests in mind and all work, in one way or another, to deliver it. In Bad&#8217;s world, the only villain is his alcoholism. Jeff Bridges, as always, is an indulgent watch as he walks Bad Blake&#8217;s highs and lows with tender, kind eyes and rough, weathered features. It&#8217;s a role that seems tailor made for Bridges if only because he embraces it so fully. Bridges is so earnest in Bad&#8217;s defeatism and so hopeful and warm in its alleviation, when he sheepishly utters the would-be embarrassing line, &#8220;I want to talk about how bad you make this room look&#8221; it...]]></description>
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