The Role: Lightfoot
Why It’s The Best: A second Best Supporting Actor nod from the Academy greeted this sublime crime saga, which pitted Bridges against the towering superstardom of Clint Eastwood.
Lightfoot is a young car-stealing vagabond who stumbles into an assassination attempt on the life of a minister, who’s really a bank robber known as Thunderbolt (Eastwood). Clint himself revealed he felt upstaged by his young co-star.
Iconic Moment: Dust and bullets fill the air as Lightfoot gets caught up in a humdinger of a car chase.
Jeff Says: “[Clint Eastwood] was wonderful. That was [director] Michael Cimino’s first film. And of course Michael is famous for many, many takes. Clint, you know, he likes one or two takes.
“And Cimino, you know, was doing what the boss wanted him to do. We were doing two or three takes at the most. I was the one who would always say, ‘Oh, Mike, I got an idea!’ and he would say, ‘Well, I have to talk to the boss’.
"Clint would always say, ‘Give the kid another shot’. I always appreciated that.”
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danclay77
Feb 11th 2011, 11:37
Whoa! Where's Arlington Road - great little thriller with a classic Bridges shouty performance!!
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cyiers
Feb 11th 2011, 14:28
Glad you included Cutter's Way. Haven't seen it in a while but remember loving it. Also, I am ready to look back at older Jeff Bridges' work and your list is a great place to start.
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ChrisWootton
Feb 11th 2011, 16:26
I remember him being the best thing in Against All Odds. He was excellent in Crazy Heart.. no one else could've made that role their own. I'd also include The Vanishing (good movie apart from the happy ending) and in King Kong he was the only person who looked like they were enjoying themselves.. I think that's part of his charm
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Frankie88
Feb 11th 2011, 22:10
I wish you'd include Surfs Up.
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olsquareeyes
Feb 15th 2011, 13:41
It's criminal that Arlington Road doesn't feature in here. I recall Blown Away as being entertaining also.
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