Robert Altman

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Delinquents, The (1957): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Dick Bakalyan; Future luminary Robert Altman's debut feature, an "expose" of juvenile delinquency in the rock'n'roll era. Filmed in Kansas City in a…
James Dean Story (1957): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Martin Gabel; Martin Gabel narrates this portrait of James Dean created shortly after his death, which assembles the material available at this time, including…
Countdown (1968): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore…; An early and unusual space–travel drama from dir. Altman, in which American astronaut Caan must undergo tough training with instructor Duvall…
MASH (M*A*S*H) (1969): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt…; Dir. Robert Altman's biggest commercial success came with this irreverant and influential black comedy that spawned the more famous, but less daring…
That Cold Day in the Park (1969): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sandy Dennis; Containing various embryonic Altman trademarks, this early work portrays a neurotic spinster (Sandy Dennis) who ensnares a young man in her…
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Warren Beatty, Julie Christie; Repentant gunfighter Warren Beatty stakes out a claim for respectability by developing a two–bit mining camp into a town (chiefly by…
Images (1972): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Susannah York, Cathryn Harrison; A stark and daring portrait of descending madness, Susannah York gives a seismic performance as a woman troubled by disturbing hallucinations. Filmed…
Long Goodbye, The (1973): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt; Elliot Gould portrays a '70s Philip Marlowe, a wildly unkempt version of Chandler's legendary detective. Altman's film noir pastiche is equally…
Thieves Like Us (1973): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall; One of dir. Altman's masterfully subversive genre–studies of the 70s, expands the 'gangster film' into a quirky, desperado version of…
California Split (1974): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. George Segal, Elliott Gould, Gwen Welles; A terrific gambling lark–come–cautionary tale from director Robert Altman, starring George Segal as a casual gambler who befriends a…
Nashville (1975): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Lily Tomlin, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin…; An American classic, 70s watermark and widely considered Altman's masterpiece. Story of 24 characters gathered for a political rally in the country…
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster…; Off–key satire on 'official' American history, with Paul Newman as the charismatic fraud Bill Hickock, whose Wild West Show toured America in…
3 Women (Three Women) (1977): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Shelley Duvall, Janice Rule; Inspired by a dream, dir. Robert Altman shapes a memorably ethereal drama around the idiosyncratic qualities of actresses Shelley Duvall and Sissy…
A Wedding (1978): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Lillian Gish, Ruth Nelson, Desi Jr. Arnaz…; An ensemble satire completely suited to dir. Robert Altman’s trademark naturalism and sardonic worldview, this is a suitable follow–up and…
Quintet (1979): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson; Curious, if not entirely realized sci–fi excursion for Robert Altman, following 3 WOMEN’s dream existentialism with a post–apocalyptic…
Perfect Couple, A (1979): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin; A low–key romantic comedy for Robert Altman that revels in its delightfully mismatched pair: Helfin, a wannabe rock star, and Dooley, a…
Popeye (1980): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall; Robin Williams is a livewire as the iconic spinach eating sailor man, but it’s Shelley Duvall as gangly Olive Oyl who steals the show in Robert…
Streamers (1983): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, George Dzundza…; Four young army recruits await in close quarters their call–up to Vietnam. Brilliantly acted by the novice cast (including Matthew Modine), it…
Secret Honor (1984): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Philip Baker Hall; A fictionalized monologue adapted from the stage by playwrights Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone, with the great Philip Baker Hall as former…
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean (Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean) (1985): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black; The repressed anxieties and memories of five women are triggered when they congregate to celebrate their childhood hero, James Dean. Stunningly…
Fool for Love (1985): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton…; One of dir. Altman's ambitious stageplay adaptations, this largely succeeds in bringing Sam Shepard's brand of 'surreal Americana' to life. This…
Beyond Therapy (1987): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti…; Oddball excursion into New York neurotica courtesy of maverick Dir. Robert Altman, who shuffles his cast into various patient/therapist combinations.…
Vincent and Theo (1990): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Roth; This biopic charts the relationship between the tortured artist and his patron brother, with sympathetic direction and Tim Roth's performance as…
Player, The (1992): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg…; A glittering Tinseltown satire that manages to be an intricate, clever, surprising and entertaining thriller all at the same time, with a cast of…
Short Cuts (1993): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Waits…; Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason–Leigh, Tom Waits and Jack Lemmon lead 18 other stars in this extraordinary observation of the ordinary. Several of…
Pret-a-Porter (1994): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren…; Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…
Kansas City (1996): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte; An all–star cast jam out on the multiple storylines of Robert Altman's homage to the 30s jazz–mecca of Kansas City. The old master stirs…
Gingerbread Man, The (1998): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Duvall…; Script by the courtroom–obsessed John Grisham is here assigned to auteurist Robert Altman (THE PLAYER, SHORT CUTS), who manages to…
Cookie's Fortune (1998): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Glenn Close, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell…; A satisfying, home–spun Southern patchwork, stuffed with little–biddy–town idiosyncracies and a slightly kooky plot surrounding the…
Dr T and the Women (2000): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett…; Director Altman's typically offbeat ensemble comedy–drama about a middle–aged gynaecologist's (Richard Gere) midlife crisis, as he's…
Gosford Park (2001): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith…; A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
Company, The (Das Ensemble) (2003): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, James Franco; Arch–auteur Robert Altman pirouettes his way through a multi–stranded drama about a Chicago–based ballet company, set mainly round…
Prairie Home Companion, A (2006): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Lee Jones…; Reviving the musical scope of his 70s watermark NASHVILLE, Robert Altman’s last film lovingly dramatizes the backstage quandary of a live radio…

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