Posted by admin on April 26th, 2010
Jeff Bridges made his first debut in the melodrama The Company She Keeps at a very young age. His mother Dorothy and his older brother also starred in the same film. Another opportunity to play a role in a film was afforded to Bridges at the age of 8. At that time he played in an episode of his father’s TV series Sea Hunt.
Jeff Bridges began studying acting technique at the Herbert Berghof School. In 1971 Jeff Bridges acted in the movie “The Last Picture Show”. The actor was nominated for an Academy Award for the leading role. In 1974 he won the Oscar Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. In 1981 the actor was highly appreciated for his staring in Heaven’s Gate. The insignificant success of the film in no way affected his recognition. In 1984 there another Oscar awaited Bridges for his leading role in Starman. The actor did not stop at what had been accomplished and continued to delight the audience thanks to his abilities and dramatic talent. His acting in the films The Morning After and The Fabuluos Baker Boys serves as a confirmation.
The bomb thriller Blown away brought the actor the commercial success. Two years later Jeff Bridges had a lead role in the Barbara Streisand picture The Mirror has Two Faces. Bridges again showed his worth as a talented actor in the given film. In 1999 the actor switched over to thriller genre by playing an anxious neighbor of the terrorist Tim Robbins.
Bridges manifested a strong performance in the film Sympatico which was released in 1999. 4 years later Bridges played in Masked and Anonymous together with such film stars as Penelope Cruz and Jessica Lange. However all-cast star did not provide the film a great success.
In 2008 Bridges played a part in the block-buster Iron Man. For his work in the film Crazy Heart Bridges was awarded to the SGA, the Golden Globe, and Oscar. It was his second Oscar in the lead category which was received after 25 years. It is an unprecedented success in the course of his entire acting career.
It is interesting that Bridges demonstrated his showy talents in the capacity of a brilliant song writer. The total number of his songs makes up about 200. Furthermore Bridges is famous as a photographer and painter. From time to time his works of art are exhibited in famous galleries.
Posted by admin on April 26th, 2010
At the 82nd Academy Awards the song The Weary Kind won for Best Original Song. The ceremony took place on March 7th, 2010. This nomination category also included such songs as “Almost There” (The Princess and the Frog), “Down in New Orleans” (The Princes and the Frog), “Loin de Paname” (Paris 36), and “Take It All” (Nine). It is worth mentioning that about two months earlier the song “The Weary Kind” was awarded the Golden Globe for the same nomination category Best Original Song.
The Weary Kind is written in the country style. Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett composed its lyric and music for the film “Crazy Heart”. On the soundtrack album “Crazy Heart: the movie soundtrack” (released in January, 2010) Ryan Bingham performed the original version of the song. Jeff Bridges the actor who won the nomination Actor in a Leading Role in the same film sang the song version during his interview for the show on ABC News Now. In the very movie the soundtrack is sung by the leading actor Bridges and also by Collin Farrell. Ryan Bingham and his Dead Horses appear in the film in the capacity of Jeff Bridges, backing band.
The Weary Kind
Your hearts on the loose
You rolled them sevens with nothing to lose
And this ain’t no place for the weary kind
You called all your shots
Shooting a ball at the corner truck stop
Somehow this don’t feel like home anymore
And this ain’t no place for the weary kind
This ain’t no place to lose your mind
This ain’t no place to fall behind
Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try
Your body aches
Playin’ your guitar
Sweatin’ out the hay
The days and the nights
All feel the same
The whiskey has been
A thorn in your side
It doesn’t forgive
The highway that carves your heart inside
And this ain’t no place for the weary kind
This ain’t no place to lose your mind
This ain’t no place to fall behind
Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try
Your lovers one kiss
Is to damn far from your fingertips
You are the man that ruined the world
Your hearts on the loose
You rolled them sevens with nothing to lose
And this ain’t no place for the weary kind
Posted by admin on April 26th, 2010
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film being one of the Oscars is presented to a full-length film produced beyond the bounds the United States of America. During the first ceremony in 1929 there was no special nomination category for the best foreign film. 27 years later there the first Best Foreign Language Film Award appeared for non-English speaking films. Since then this tradition has not been changed. Of course the film director is the person who receives the Oscar; still the award implies the victory of a definite country as a whole. The European films are in the lead among the winners in this nomination category.
This year it was Argentina that gained the victory in this category. The motion picture’s title is The Secret in their Eyes. The film itself is a captivating murder mystery directed by Juan Jose Campanella. Critics and audience have received the film enthusiastically. Peter Travers describes the picture in the following way: “this spellbinder will sneak up and floor you. It’s that good. A supremely intelligent and deeply touching thriller. Thunderously exciting!”
The film’s plot unravels on the basis of memories of the main character Benjamin Esposito. Having retired from the criminal court Benjamin makes up his mind to write a novel based on his personal experience. In his concept the novel should tell about a tragic story which took place many years ago. Being a criminal court employee the main character experiences an investigation connected with the rape and murder of a beautiful young woman.
Esposito takes very much to heart this terrible case. His greatest wish is to find the murder by all means. This case is very complicated as there are no vestiges of the crime and evidences. In order to advance Benjamin can rely only on his intuition and guess work. His investigation implicated him deep into a world of danger and violence.
Now after many years Benjamin Esposito’s memories have revived. All the dreadful emotional experiences appear before him. Now it is impossible to stop the innumerable vibrations of the memory.
While watching the picture most people can not tear themselves eyes away from it. The film has become a real masterpiece thanks to the wonderful script, excellent acting performance, interesting dialogue and many other points.
Posted by admin on April 26th, 2010
The year 1974 marked the beginning of presentation of the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. Previously the similar awards for the best short films were also awarded but they had another names. During three previous years the award was called Short Subjects, Live Action Films. From 1957 until 1956 the award’s term sounded as Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects. For the twenty preceding years the presentation consisted of two separate awards, Best Short Subject, One-reel and Best Short Subject, Two-reel.
In 2010 during the 82nd ceremony of Academy Award there were 5 candidates announced in the nomination category Live Action Short Film: The Door, by Juanita Wilson and James Flynn; Instead of Abracadabra by Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström; Kavi by Gregg Helvey; Miracle Fish by Luke Doolan and Drew Baileyand. The last nominee was the film The New Tenants directed by Joachim Back. Namely this short film won the nomination in this category. Besides the short film received an honorable mention at the Los Angeles Festival. What is more it was accepted into another 6 festivals.
The film itself tells about two young men Peter and Frank. Having moved into a new flat the main characters want to spend their afternoon by discoursing on the nature of life. At this time they do not want to take an interest in their neighbors. But soon Peter and Frank get to know about the previous lodger of the apartment. He was killed because of an unsuccessful drug deal. This information of course makes the men worry. In addition the killed tenant had some unaccomplished business with the outrageous drug dealer.
Despite the fact that the new flat discloses its scaring story to the new tenants the short film includes also some funny and nonpresumable romantic elements.
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