jeff bridges poll!

That Bridges documentary on PBS was fun, what I saw of it, especially John Goodman cracking up describing the marmot scene in Lebowski, which somehow makes the scene funnier.

Really wish "Jeff'd" was a show - dude's rolodex must be huge

finally saw American Heart--that is a bleak fucking movie.

i watched King Kong this week which is kind of dumb but Bridges is awesome in it

stick it deserved some votes

sad Bad Company didn't get any - really underrated movie imo

tried watching bridges kong recently, couldn't get more than 15 mins into it - too much grodin

i just pretended charles grodin was actually burt reynolds

like too much Grodin is a possible thing. (see The Heartbreak Kid, the good one)

for some reason i watched kpax last week. and i know now why it was probably omitted from this list

Meanwhile...

JEFF BRIDGES SIGNS WITH BLUE NOTE RECORDS/EMI MUSIC GROUP

OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR AND MUSICIAN IS RECORDING HIS MAJOR-LABEL DEBUT ALBUM WITH OSCAR- AND GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING PRODUCER AND CRAZY HEART COLLABORATOR T-BONE BURNETT

BRIDGES APPEARS ON THE COVER OF ESQUIRE MAGAZINE’S MAY MUSIC ISSUE (SEE BELOW)

April 19th, 2011 — New York, NY — Having earned an Academy Award for “Best Actor” for his portrayal of a grizzled former country music legend in the 2009 film Crazy Heart, actor and musician Jeff Bridges has signed a recording deal with EMI’s Blue Note Records, which will release his major-label debut album in late summer.

Inspired by their collaboration on Crazy Heart, Bridges has chosen to record the album with his long-time friend, the multiple-Grammy Award-winning songwriter, musician, and producer T-Bone Burnett, who is known for his work with Allison Krauss and Robert Plant, Elton John and Leon Russell, and the Grammy-winning soundtracks to O Brother, Where Are Thou? and Walk the Line. Bridges and Burnett met more than 30 years ago when Kris Kristofferson introduced them during the filming of the 1980 motion picture Heaven’s Gate. The relationship has continued over the years as Burnett selected the songs that appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, starring Bridges, as well as co-writing several songs for the soundtrack to Crazy Heart, including “The Weary Kind,” which earned Burnett his second Oscar nomination and first win (along with songwriter Ryan Bingham) for “Best Original Song.”

Bridges’ album for Blue Note is an organic extension and culmination of his personal, professional, and now musical friendship with Burnett. As Bridges told the Santa Barbara Independent: “It’s a relationship that’s really inflamed my music.” Burnett has assembled a number of his key repertory players to perform on Bridges’ album, including Keefus Ciancia, Mark Ribot, Dennis Crouch, and Jay Bellerose, and guest vocalists Rosanne Cash, Sam Phillips,
and Benji Hughes. Bridges will contribute several of his own compositions as well as perform material by a collection of world-class songwriters, including Burnett’s Crazy Heart collaborators the late Stephen Bruton and John Goodwin, as well as Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, Tom Waits, and others. More details will be announced in the coming months.

Bridges is fueled by a life-long passion for music, as can be seen on the PBS American Masters program that aired in January 2011 (watch the piece here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/jeff-bridges-the-dude-abides/watch-the-full-film/1771/). Next month, the guitar-playing thespian appears on the May cover of Esquire Magazine’s music issue, which hits newsstands on April 26th.

http://i.imgur.com/EV9xX.jpg

Boy, is he terrific in American Heart. Wish Edward Furlong was up to the challenge.

Anybody checking out the Jeff Bridges season at the BFI? I'm seeing Fat City tonight.

Yeah!

ha, stephen colbert: "it is relaxing just to look at you"

It's true!

he is p smoking in cutter's way. he looks sorta like michelangelo's david

Took me a week, but I finished Rancho Deluxe. (Music by Jimmy Buffett; I had a pre-cog vision that the Buffett Rule was on its way.) Not good, but if you have a very high tolerance for '70s meandering, not bad either. Wouldn't know how to describe it. After I finished I took a look at the original trailer, wondering how they could possibly try to sell this movie. They didn't have any more of a clue than I would have--the trailer is as puzzling as the film itself. Wish Charlene Dallas had made a few more films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_p4NsgH05E&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Jefftro in NYC for max to catch up on (Rancho come n' gone unforch):

http://www.92y.org/Tribeca/Film/Jeff-Bridges.aspx

clemenza, if I read "Took me a week to finish a film" again, there will be consequences.

I'm hopeless at home. Unless it's something completely mindless like Disclosure, or maybe a favourite I know by heart, I just can't finish a film in one night.

Hearts of The West is alotta fun.

major Young Jeff vehicle showing in Tribeca tonight:

http://www.92y.org/Tribeca/Event/The-Last-American-Hero.aspx

Even better than digital jazz.

looking fwd to Hearts of the West tonight, haven't seen it in 30+ years.

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/hearts-of-the-west-slither

unavailable on DVD either

well yeah that's why im going, w/ a cold

You can get a dvdr of HotW from Warner Archive.

picture quality could be better, especially since they claim it's been "remeastered"

yea, also "rent"/stream-able from amazon for $2.99

yeah, I don't stream. Saw a decent 35mm print.

Alan Arkin: "You're fired, pissant, fired!"

whenever i can't figure out what to watch, i watch cutter's way.

only seen it once

I watched The Last American Hero the other night for the first time in 30+ years. (It played on TV here regularly through the late '70s.) It's good, but I don't think as good as Kael writes ("The casting, the acting, and the milieu seem effortlessly, inexplicably right"). I think Heart Like a Wheel, where she wasn't especially enthusiastic, is the much better film. I wouldn't doubt that Tarantino's use of "I Got a Name" in Django was partly a nod to The Last American Hero.

W'happen, someone steal your inauguration minicamper?

― Dr Morbius, Monday, December 1, 2008

yeeesh - can't believe someone voted for anything having to do w/ the American remake of The Vanishing (aka Spoorloos!)

http://www.dreamingwithjeff.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-bridges-met-wife-photo_5661ef65e4b072e9d1c61223

that is fantastic

http://www.fubiz.net/en/2015/04/02/pictures-taken-by-jeff-bridges-on-the-set-of-his-movies/
This is widely known already, I assume? Not?

Some seriously amazing shots in there.

Cutter's Way Bluray has come out

http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/cutters-way

woo

Bridges seems to be trying to outgrizzle Old Kristofferson in HoHW, but it goes beyond that, esp in the last 20 minutes. Chris "Nu-Kirk" Pine is the revelation here, as it's a less showy role than Ben Foster's; Pine has the slump of a beaten man throughout.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/08/hell-or-high-water.html

thoroughly enjoyed

i wanna see this

"hell or high water" is great btw, prob deserves its own thread

probably at least David Mackenzie's best film

Ok (I haven't seen it yet), but has anyone seen Perfect Sense?

this was indeed a pretty excellent film, and pine was a surprise, although i suppose i could have done w/o the fashionable roots-rock that the characters would probably not have been caught dead listening to (except for waylon).

Rather good.

Agree that the final scene's tops. My review.