You can argue the ins and outs of Best Song Oscar eligibility until you're Mickey Rourke's reconstructed sadness mug in the face, it doesn't change the fact that there is only one song that should win that award and it is this song. Mickey and Bruce's sort of adorable (and now highly publicized) friendship factors in, because Springsteen penned this one by deeply understanding and inhabiting the film's tragic hero, and nobody needs to hear more about the similarities between Rourke and Randy ...
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You can argue the ins and outs of Best Song Oscar eligibility until you're Mickey Rourke's reconstructed sadness mug in the face, it doesn't change the fact that there... more info