Dear Harvey Weinstein, please release The Wettest County this year!
The Wettest County in the World is one of those films, that could drastically change the landscape of the race in the last quarter. In my opinion, it holds strong contenders for a number of categories. Best film? Check. Best director? Check. Best Actor for Tom Hardy? Check. Best Supporting actress for Jessica Chastain? Check. Best Score for Nick Cave? Check.
Harvey Weinstein is in possession of a heatrock, and it seems like he is sitting on it. What’s he gonna do, release it early in the year 2012 and let all the award glory go to waste? (Does he read tumblr? I hope he does. Or I hope his cronies do, so they can point him towards this blog)
Tom Hardy has described it as “The Waltons on acid and Goodfellas all mixed together.”
The man really needs a nomination to award him for his great year of work. Need I mention the films? Warrior? Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? He is in top form in both roles, and it would have been cool to see him nominated as a lead for Warrior, but unfortunately the film’s box office killed the chances of any nominations. He can still, very well, get a supporting nod for Tinker, though.
In The Wettest County he is given a very interesting character. A very quiet type, a bit socially awkward, dealing with the discomfort of having a myth built around him, some partially deserving, and some undeserving. It’s a character that shares some similarities with Ryan Gosling’s Driver.
I must say, when I read the script, I didn’t find it to be particularly good. But I knew that with the right actors and director, something special could be created. Hopefully, they succeeded. Hopefully we can get to see this project this year.
