It was just a week and a half ago that Fox Searchlight announced they would be releasing the film Crazy Heart this fall, and already it seems a given that the movie's star Jeff Bridges will receive his fifth Oscar nomination for his performance. Amazing, and kind of ridiculous, how fast Oscar buzz moves.

But Searchlight is no stranger to the Oscar game, and has wasted no time in getting the ball rolling on this tiny indie that, despite the presence of The Dude, probably needs all the marketing help it can get. Today they've released the official poster and two high-res stills from the film, both of which you can see in the gallery below. In Crazy Heart Bridges stars as country musician "Bad" Blake, whose many years on the road have left him isolated from everyone around him, until a younger journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal) helps him connect again. The similarities to The Wrestler have been noted many times by now, but time will tell if Searchlight can do for this movie what they did for that one. Crazy Heart hits theaters on December 16th.