Country Strong (originally titled
Love Don’t Let Me Down) is a 2010
drama film starring
Gwyneth Paltrow,
Tim McGraw,
Garrett Hedlund, and
Leighton Meester. The film, about an emotionally unstable
country music star who attempts to resurrect her career, was directed and written by American filmmaker
Shana Feste. It premiered in
Nashville, Tennessee on November 8, 2010, and had a
wide release in the United States on January 7, 2011. This is the second film in which McGraw and Hedlund have worked together, the first being
Friday Night Lights in 2004.