There’s a new picture coming out, with Jeff Bridges as a broken-down country singer seeking redemption and a reset of his derailed career. (My attorney says I can’t discuss the similarites between the plot and my own life story until the lawsuit is settled.)
Anyway, I’m really looking forward to seeing the film, despite the title song – “The Weary Kind”. It’s really bad.
It’s supposed to be a hard core country song, but it sounds like more like a wussy folk-rock ballard, with droning fingerpicking, trite lyrics, and a vague wandering melody. T Bone Burnett co-wrote it, and he really knows country (he compiled the music for “O Brother”), but he sure missed the boat with this effort. Have a listen and see what you think.
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/crazyheart/
And what’s with the tag line for the film – “The Harder the Life, the Sweeter the Song”? Sounds like the sentiment for a Hallmark Card, and a bad one at that.
Here’s the release schedule for the film –
Now Playing
Los Angeles (AMC Century City and Arclight Hollywood)
New York (AMC Loews Lincoln Square and Angelika Film Center)
Friday, December 25th
Chicago
Dallas/Ft. Worth
Phoenix
San Francisco
Friday, January 8th
Austin
Boston
San Diego
Seattle
Washington D.C.
Friday, January 15th
Atlanta
Baltimore
Denver
Detroit
Hartford/New Haven
Houston
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Portland
Toronto
Vancouver
Friday, January 22nd
Albany
Ann Arbor
Boca/W. Palm Beach
Buffalo
Columbus
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Madison
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
Milwaukee
Montreal
Orlando
Rochester
Sacramento
St. Louis
Friday, January 29th
Albuquerque
Calgary
Champagne/Decatur/Springfield
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Des Moines
Edmonton
Knoxville
Lansing
Louisville
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Norfolk/Newport News
Northampton/Springfield
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Providence
Richmond
San Antonio
Tucson
Tulsa
Friday, February 5th
Anchorage
Asheville
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Boise
Charlottesville
Colorado Springs
Corpus Christi
Dayton
Ft. Myers
Gainesville
Grand Rapids
Halifax
Harrisburg, PA
Ithaca
Jacksonville
Kitchener
Lexington
Ottawa
Portland, ME
Raleigh/Durham
Reno
Salt Lake
Santa Fe
Sarasota
Spokane
St. John
Syracuse
Tallahassee
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Victoria
Winnipeg