Apex Mountain
David O. Russell; Jennifer Lawrence; Bradley Cooper; sports fandom in movies
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- Russell receives Apex Mountain support: this uniquely personal mix of local detail, wild energy and romantic resolution reached an audience in a way his later work did not.
- Lawrence receives clear Apex Mountain support for the Oscar win and The Hunger Games in the same year; House at the End of the Street is a minor blemish.
- Cooper receives an affirmative Apex Mountain choice as his vulnerable acting breakthrough, while American Sniper, A Star Is Born and his later directing ambitions complicate the comparison.
- Sports fandom in movies receives Apex Mountain support, with Fever Pitch as comparison; Upper Darby on film is also proposed.
- iPods receive an early Apex Mountain proposal, immediately deferred.
- Cooper’s reaction to Tiffany’s account of losing her job is later jokingly called his Apex Mountain.