Greg Ellwood has done a pretty solid job of summing up Saturday night’s event at The Paley Center in Beverly Hills. The evening featured the debut of “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides,” a new installment in PBS’s “American Masters” documentary series, directed by Gail Levin.
The film is incredibly in-depth. By the time the credits roll, even if you think you know most everything there is to know about the actor (seeing as his “Crazy Heart” push last year turned over just about every stone), you walk away feeling like part of the family.
The 90-minute film includes interviews from Bridges’s brother and sister, Beau and Lucinda, filmmakers Peter Bogdanovich and Terry Gilliam, actors John Goodman and Cybil Shepherd and many more. It digs in on his peripheral art (painting, pottery, music, etc.) and basically just keys you in to what makes the guy tick.