why does this mapping interpret the literal and not work?

[Arias Hung]

When attempting to create a mapping for my muttng.vim file I add the following

:nmap zz w!<cr>

however it interprets it literally like:

w!<cr>

instead of interpreting the return <cr>.  Anyone know why?

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