Publisher's Synopsis
Double bill of music-based dramas. 'Crazy Heart' (2009) stars Jeff Bridges as burned-out country singer Bad Blake. Blake has lived his life hard, fast and recklessly. With several marriages in tatters behind him and too many years spent drinking one more for the road, his life has become a parody of the bittersweet songs on which his once-promising career was built. When divorced journalist Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal) persuades the reluctant singer to give her an interview, a relationship develops between the two that gives Blake one last chance for redemption. 'Walk the Line' (2005) is a biopic of the legendary musician Johnny Cash. The movie begins in 1955, when a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who calls himself J.R. Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) walks into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, Cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full of life and unlike anything heard before. Follow the most volatile period of his life, as he evolves from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic 'Man in Black', aided by the love of fellow musician June Carter (Reese Witherspoon).
