Poster: Crazy Heart
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Perhaps eager to shake up Oscar predictions that even in this new 10 BP nominee year are already calcifying around the same group of boring choices, a number of prognosticator types have seized upon Fox Searchlight’s late entrant Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges as a… wait for it… down-on-his luck country singer. I don’t think anyone is predicting this one as a best picture candidate, but one guy is already predicting Jeff Bridges for the win and Maggie Gyllenhaal as a possible invitee.
The film will get an Oscar qualifying run in mid-December in New York and Los Angeles.
This poster hearkens back to the old-school ’70s and ’80s style of anatomical reality being eschewed in favor of compositional necessity. Doesn’t it look like that’s someone else’s hand holding the guitar?
Source: The Big Picture
Filed under: Marketing
Tags: Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal
That style is still dominant today if you look at any number of films with weird oversized body parts. But this one doesn’t stand out to me.
Craig, I’m thrilled with this turn of events.
Frankly, barring an out of left field miracle, most of the men I’m rooting for in the lead category will be nowhere near an Oscar nomination next January. Either their buzz has died or they never had any in the first place.
So who’s left?
George has all ready won. So has Morgan. (Yeah, I know they weren’t lead. But they’re still Academy Awards nonetheless.) DDL has won TWICE. Matt has as well. Even though it wasn’t for acting. Colin Firth looks like an intriguing challenger. But I certainly wouldn’t call his victory inevitable.
But JEFF BRIDGES…
I’ve worshipped him since I was a kid. He’s a fabulous actor (and multiple nominee) that is way overdue for serious recognition.
I would be ECSTATIC if he were to win next year.
I genuinely hope that CH plays my home town. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for it.
Thanks for this, Craig.
It’s a nice poster but it doesn’t leap out at me.
Bridges is a very good and usually underrated actor, but at this point it seems like quite a climb to an Oscar nomination. People may be reminded of comparisons to Robert Duvall/Tender Mercies. I’d think that Crazy Heart needs to measure up as a film if Bridges is going to have a shot.