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Synopsis: Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Scott Cooper
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 29 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2009
112 min
$38,349,555
Website
877 Views


I hate to impose,

especially since we just met ...

but I have a niece who's a writer...

Trying to be. She writes local,

here in Santa Fe.

It's not the New York Times or anything...

but she writes about music ...

and you would love to interview you.

I haven't done one for years, but yeah...

you send her around.

I'll be glad to help her out.

Great!

Shall we play a little?

- Yeah, we can play some.

Mr. Blake?

Who the hell are you?

I'm Jean Craddock Sun Scene...

I'm Wesley Barnes' niece.

I'm here for the interview.

I just had a shower,

and I'm having dinner.

Sorry, I'll come back.

When's a good time?

No, just wait outside.

Let me get my clothes on.

All right.

Jesus God.

Be right there!

- All right.

Come on in.

- Sorry, I should've called.

No pictures.

You want some steak, or...

potatoes?

- Maybe later.

Which?

- Pictures. Maybe on stage?

Oh, that'd all right.

- All right.

You don't want a roll or nothing? Sit on down.

- No, thank you.

All right.

Do you mind if I eat?

- No.

Tape recorder okay?

Go ahead.

You always dress for dinner?

So...

how did you learn music?

My daddy. He had this old...

Washburn steel string.

He couldn't play it.

So I picked it up and started

fooling with it. Guess that's how.

Right, and what were you listening to?

A bunch of people you've

probably never heard of...

Lou Lubella, Scottie, Emmet Miller ...

the Georgia Wildcats.

Ever heard of them?

No, I've never heard

the Georgia Wildcats.

No, I didn't figure you had.

How about Hank Williams, Gene

Autrey, Waylon and them boys?

Right, Lefty Frizzel.

Want a drink?

- No, thank you.

So you said ...

you feel like your music

is influenced by the Blues?

Sam Howes, Big Bill Broonzy...

- We all owe our existence to them Delta boys.

Ever want to do something else?

I played baseball. I was

pretty good, too...

but for a while there I couldn't

hit the curve ball.

I decided to stick with the guitar.

And stayed where I was supposed to.

How about you?

You always wanted to be a writer?

I didn't know what I wanted for a long time.

But now you do?

Now I know what I don't

want to do again.

Yeah, amen.

Are you married?

- I was.

One of those things you

don't want to do again?

Not unless it's right.

- How the hell do you know?

You tell me. You've been

married five times.

Jesus Christ! Four times! Come on!

You gonna make another album with Tommy Sweet?

Two things I don't wanna talk

about:
multiple marriages and Tommy.

All right. What's your real name?

I'm Bad Blake.

I was born bad.

When I die, my tombstone will

have my real name on it.

Until then I'm just

gonna stay Bad.

That's a long time for people

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