15 November 2009 11:19 AM, PST
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When I reported on Crazy Heart in 2008, the film was affiliated with the Cmt network, yet drew my interest with a cast that included Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Robert Duval. All of these actors excel in roles steeped in the weathering of life and excess, and this tale of, "a washed-up, alcoholic country singer (Bridges) who gets his life back on track thanks to a reporter-type (Gyllenhaal)," obviously played to those strengths on the surface. The addition to the cast of Colin Farrell, forever in our good graces for In Bruges, made this a must-see no matter what.
Well, here we are in the fourth quarter of '09 and the performance by Bridges is in the thick of Oscar buzz, drawing early comparisons to Mickey Rourke's unflinching, redemptive arc in The Wrestler. Furthering this parallel, Crazy Heart is being distributed by Fox Searchlight, the company behind Darren Aronofsky
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