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Jeff Bridges?

posted 15 years ago by filmfan86
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Hi, just wondering how big his role is in this film?
Thanks.

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[–] bstephens21 15 years ago

It's fairly large. The fourth biggest character behind Kristoferson, Walken and Huppert.

And he's always been very proud of his work in the movie, if that counts for something.

[–] filmfan86 15 years ago

Cool, sounds good. Thank you!

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[–] bstephens21 15 years ago

Another thing to note: Jeff Bridges managed to get the leading role for Cutter's Way only because UA, after seeing the dailies, was confident this film was going to give his career the boost towards "star" status.

[–] Shambaby 15 years ago

He is the only actor worth watching in the movie.

[–] smiley_b81 15 years ago

Funny how some guy's post on another Subject of this movie's board said "Jeff Bridges just seems to be part of the production design" and further implied that the characters weren't fully fleshed out.

That's almost valid considering the atmosphere and the visuals are ultimately what "Heaven's Gate" is about and like "The Thin Red Line" it uses the form and the surface to get its point across at the expense of ever turning into a study of archtypal characters (like for instance "Saving Private Ryan").

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[–] Shambaby 15 years ago

Thanks for sharing Smiley. I think Cimino hoped it would be about more than the set design/art direction. For some reason, I think a weak screenplay mostly, this movie reveals Cimino's weakness or simply inexperience as a director. It's not as bad as critics made out, but the film is not that interesting as a story and the great cinematography and sets (and decent music) really bring out it faults. The acting is very weak, IMHO, except for Bridges...although, I agree, the characters were not well drawn to begin with. I have a tiny bit of curiosity about seeing the 2-1/2 hr version, just to see how Cimino and the studio decided to "fix" poor Heaven's Gate". I found the doc FINAL CUT very interesting and hits the nail on the head about the whole situation. Take it easy, Smiles

[–] Prismark10 14 years ago

I always felt his part was more supporting and even at the time I felt he would had a bigger role in the film.

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