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Early buzz sweeter than honey on Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart. Lucky enough to say I've seen it. This is no hype. http://bit.ly/4eqiAo 14 days ago |
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Oscarbation And 'Crazy Heart'
:: The Playlist :: —
... that, "It’s Bridges time," quoting one of their reporters present who says, referring to Jeff Bridges' character, “Bad Blake is the new Randy the Ram!" Which is to say, "Fox Searchlight can market this just like 'The Wrestler'! Yay!" It's funny how THR marks this as the most important attribute, and not whether this movie is absolutely worth a damn. Kris Tapley at In Contention feels awkward giving his opinion on a film he claims is unfinished , but he has no problem claiming Jeff Bridges' performance, which he was also seeing in an unfinished, not-fully-edited version, would ...
‘Crazy Heart’ gets a release date
In Contention —
... which I wrote up yesterday. Here’s the synopsis from the studio. Nothing you don’t know, but at least it’s “official” verbiage: ...
Jeff Bridges Entering The Oscar Race With Crazy Heart
Cinema Blend News —
Jeff Bridges Entering The Oscar Race With Crazy Heart Just when it was looking like Fox Searchlight wouldn't be a major part of the Oscar season at all, in comes The Dude to save them. The studio has decided to release the Jeff Bridges vehicle Crazy Heart on December 16, just a few days after screening it for a handful of journalists in Los Angeles, almost all of whom immediately declared Bridges' role "this year's Oscar-winning lead actor turn." Below is the press release that Fox sent out yesterday, which tells you everything you need to know about the movie that's being ...
THE HOLLYWOOD LINKS - 11/6/09
The Hollywood Interview —
... - Kristopher Tapley gives major kudos to Crazy Heart and the performances of both Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal in the same. At In Contention. ...
Gurus on the march
In Contention —
... /Jeff Bridges news, but suffice it to say the film would likely be a bit higher on the Best Picture chart and certainly Bridges and Gyllenhaal would be formidable in the lead actor and supporting actress fields. ...
Oscar Futures: Precious Arrives — With a Backlash?
Vulture —
... UP: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart. Fox Searchlight screened Heart (being described as a country-music Wrestler) for LA-based bloggers this week who all seem to think he could be a front runner. ...
WEEKLY WRAP: Oscar hosts, Bridges arrives, animated five
In Contention —
... • … only to be immediately outdated as Jeff Bridges and “Crazy Heart” arrived to turn that race on its head. ...
Oscar Eye: Predicting The Winners Following Precious's Giant Success
Cinema Blend News —
... and only a mild backlash at this point, Precious is now the frontrunner by far-- but as both Brokeback and Dreamgirls can attest, being the early frontrunner can backfire miserably as well. The other big news for the race itself in the last week came with Fox Searchlight's decision to give Crazy Heart , a Jeff Bridges vehicle described as "the country music The Wrestler ," a December release date. Some pundits like Kris Tapley are already convinced that Bridges has what it takes to finally win a Best Actor statue, while Maggie Gyllenhaal, who plays Bridges' love ...
Oscar Update: Movement In the Predictions, but the Front-runners Remain
RopeofSilicon.com —
... four months out and the prediction game is getting underway and some are even predicting the winners already. I just sent in my first batch of predictions to Tom O'Neil and gang at the Los Angeles Times's Envelope and I have updated my own personal batch of predictions accordingly and have linked them below.
I haven't yet bit on the Jeff Bridges (right) for Best Actor possibility yet, but he has made a significant debut at #6 after Steve Pond, Kris Tapley, Dave Karger and Anne Thompson made him a major part of ...
Maggie Gyllenhaal joins the race for Best Actress
In Contention —
... ranks. Gyllenhaal has been close in the past. Certainly she was deemed worthy by some for her work in “Secretary” and “Sherrybaby.” And if brother Jake gets a supporting notice for Jim Sheridan’s “Brothers,” and/or husband Peter Sarsgaard gets a notice for “An Education,” the Oscars could be a family affair for the actress this season.
For my thoughts on “Crazy Heart,” click here.
Bad-Ass Bridges
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Bad-Ass Bridges Late this morning I saw Scott Cooper 's Crazy Heart (Fox Searchlight, early December) and yeah, Kris Tapley was right -- Jeff Bridges is definitely in the Best Actor derby for his performance as a grizzled, pot-bellied, booze-swilling, cigarette-sucking ex-country music legend on the downswirl who just manages to save himself from self-destruction. It's an honestly scuzzy performance -- Bridges' best since The Big Lebowski but tonally opposite and much harder hitting, of course. It's the same kind of "look how gross and dessicated I can be" performance ...
Check This Out: Official Poster for Jeff Bridges' Crazy Heart
FirstShowing.net —
... . The trailer hits on Monday, but I thought I'd feature this anyway. If you haven't heard yet, Crazy Heart is the latest Oscar contender, and it already has a lot of support. Jeff Bridges plays a broken-down, hard-living country music singer in a kind of Wrestler-like story. Apparently it's a "performance of a lifetime" from Bridges with critics like Kris Tapley of In Contention and ...
