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Jeff Bridges season at the IFI
Hotly-tipped Best Actor Oscar nominee, Jeff Bridges, celebrated with an extensive season at the IFI
The well-deserved Best Actor nomination for Jeff Bridges’ wonderfully lived-in performance as the has-been country crooner in Crazy Heart seems an excellent reason to showcase the work of an actor who’s been so good for so long he’s probably been taken for granted.
The son of studio-era stalwart Lloyd Bridges, Jeff has in a way been the living embodiment of all that was cherishable about the pre-Star Wars American cinema in which he made his name. No matter who he’s playing, there’s always something real about Jeff Bridges on screen, and something of the maverick too – an edge, but also a vulnerability. That might seem like a mass of contradictions, but it also explains the range of his material, always presented with a technical skill that often goes unnoticed because it’s seemingly so offhand. And at the age of sixty, he’s far from finished yet – as The Big Lebowski would have it, this dude will abide…
Jeff Bridges Season Schedule
Sun 7th Feb The Last Picture Show 13.00
Fri 12 Feb Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 18.30
Sat 13 Feb Hollywood Cowboy (Hearts of the West) 18.30
Wed 17 Feb Tron 18.40
Thurs 18 Feb The Fabulous Baker Boys 18.30
Fri 19 Feb Jagged Edge 18.30
Mon 22 Feb Cutter’s Way 18.40
Thurs 25 Feb The Fisher King 18.10
Sun 28th Feb The Big Lebowski 14.00
Crazy Heart, for which Jeff Bridges is nominated for Best Actor, is released at the IFI and general release from the 19th February
Tickets are available from the IFI Box Office in person, on the phone 01 6793477, or online at www.ifi.ie
