Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
The Fisher King, 1991 (dir. Terry Gilliam)
SYNOPSIS: Bridges plays yet another guy named Jack. He was a DJ until one of his fans got the crazy and shot up a restaurant made entirely out of smashing glass and screaming. Perry (Williams) was eating there with his wife but he doesn’t remember this (repressed memory of [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
The Men Who Stare at Goats, 2008 (dir. Grant Heslov)
SYNOPSIS: In honor of Jeff Bridges being nominated for a film I have yet to see, I offer a drawing of another film I have yet to see. From what I can gather from the trailer George Clooney plays someone in a Coen Brothers movie who [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
The Big Lebowski, 1998 (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
Synopsis: Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski (Bridges) is mistaken for Jeffrey “The Big” Lebowski and the resulting soiled rug (literally the thread that holds the whole plot together) leads us into a shaggy dog story about empty threats and impotence set during the weeks leading up to Operation [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
The Last Picture Show, 1971 (dir. Peter Bogdonavich)
SYNOPSIS: Bridges plays Duane JACKson. His best friend is Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and his girlfriend is Jacy (Cybill Shepard). If you went to high school in a small Texas town between WWII and the Korean conflict, this movie is basically your life. They are all graduating from high [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
The Fabulous Baker Boys, 1989 (dir. Steve “Muggle” Kloves)
SYNOPSIS: Jeff Bridges plays another guy named Jack and Beau Bridges plays his brother but instead of sharing an awesome dad like in real life, they play music. I didn’t remember a whole lot about this film at first and then I went to IMDB where John [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
Jagged Edge, 1985 (dir. Richard “It’s a trap!“Marquand)
SYNOPSIS: Jeff Bridges (still in wax-face/Starman mode)probably murdered his wife. But Glenn Close defends him because she thinks with her vagina. At least that’s what Robert Loggia says. This just goes to show that a typewriter with an offset letter introduced in the first act will be found [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
Starman, 1984 (dir. John Carpenter)
SYNOPSIS: An alien comes to earth and assumes the form of Marion Ravenwood’s dead husband (Bridges). She is mostly flipping out the whole time. He is in full-on wax-face mode. Charles Martin Smith helps them elude the government and then smokes a cigar.
FILM: 10/10
BRIDGES: 10/10
BOTTOM LINE: Starman:Episode IV::Arlington Road: Star Trek [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
DOUBLE FEATURE!!!
American Heart, 1992 (dir. Martin Bell) & Bad Company, 1972 (dir. Robert Benton)
SYNOPSIS (American Heart): Bridges plays Jack (for every three movies Bridges makes, he is named Jack in one of them). Jack has a problem with alcohol (he has demons) and just got out of jail. He cleans windows at a bank and [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
Cutter’s Way, 1981 (dir. Ivan Passer)
SYNOPSIS: Jeff Bridges (character name: Richard Bone!) is best friends with John Heard (this guy, not this guy). Heard plays Cutter – a one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed Vietnam Vet that beats his wife. When Bridges witnesses someone dumping the body of a young girl, Heard makes it his mission to expose [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, 1974 (dir. Michael Cimino)
SYNOPSIS: Bank Robber Eastwood is too old for this shit but gets the band back together for one last gig. Cocky criminal upstart Bridges tags along, does not put gun in mouth, does talk to lady on motorcycle. Heist and Shenanigans ensue.
FILM: 7/10
BRIDGES: 8/10
BOTTOM LINE: Fearless>Thunderbolt & Lightfoot>Tucker: The [...]
Thanks Jeff Bridges (in which I make a drawing for each of his films)
Eight Million Ways To Die, 1986 (dir. Hal Ashby)
SYNOPSIS: Detective Bridges shoots this guy in a raid and the booze makes him boring and crazy. His wife ditches him and this sets the stage for redemption (more boring and crazy), then he meets a ‘good’ hooker and saves her from Andy Garcia (sno-cones included).
FILM: 5/10
BRIDGES: [...]
Lebowski P.I.
So here’s something about me you won’t know what to do with… I’m kind of obsessed with Jeff Bridges. I wrote him a 7 page letter after I saw Starman in 1984 (still have a draft version and I bet you wish I had that new scanner now). My mom and I watched Thunderbolt and [...]
Creepy guy who haunts my moleskine is no Jeff Bridges.
This is not the creepy guy who haunts my moleskine.
This is Jeff Bridges, holding a rifle, in King Kong (1976).
The creepy guy who haunts my moleskine is a dildo.
Let me explain: