latimesblogs.latimes.com - 18 days ago
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We knew Fox Searchlight was in love with "Crazy Heart," the low-budget country music drama that stars Jeff Bridges as a faded, booze-fueled singer named Bad Blake who's trying to get his career back on track. Written and directed by...
incontention.com - 17 days ago
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incontention.com —
It’s not just Jeff Bridges who leaps onto
the Oscar landscape with Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart.” It’s
possible in a few months that we’ll be talking pretty seriously about Maggie Gyllenhaal in the supporting ...
‘Crazy Heart’ has the goods
oscar-watch.ew.com - 15 days ago
hollywoodinsider.ew.com - 17 days ago
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hollywoodinsider.ew.com —
Fox Searchlight, the studio arm behind last year’s
Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire, must have had a terrific
last-minute screening of their country music-themed acquisition Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges. The studio has settled on the ...
Fox Searchlight’s Oscar hopeful ‘Crazy Heart’ gets a ...
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Hollywood Elsewhere —
... as a country-music version of The Wrestler , and frequently -- two showings today and a couple more tomorrow and/or Friday, a friend reports. But so far no screenings are slated for the New York crowd. Or so I'm concluding due to a lack of response after writing Fox Searchlight's Manhattan p.r. crew this morning. L.A. Times columnist Patrick Goldstein reported yesterday that the film, directed and written by Jeff Cooper , is opening limited in NY and LA on 12.11 . FS is looking for reactions from key blogger/columnists to see if it has the heft and the chops to be an ...
Fox Searchlight looks to salvage season with potential 2009 release for ‘Crazy Heart’
In Contention —
... Patrick Goldstein — jumping the gun without the facts — says the film will have a December 11 limited release. But there is, in fact, no date planned yet, and barring an upcoming screening that will help the studio further gauge the film’s awards potential, it’s still a bit up in the air as to whether the ...
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Film News: Bridges-Gyllenhaal starrer to have awards run -- With no other releases left for the year, Fox Searchlight will now open Jeff Bridges-Maggie Gyllenhaal starrer "Crazy Heart" on Dec. 16 in time for an awards run.