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Director:
Writer:
Joan Tewkesbury (written by)
Release Date:
21 September 1975 (UK)
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Tagline:
Wild. Wonderful. Sinful. Laughing. Explosive. more
Plot:
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated individuals prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 20 wins
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23 nominations
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(34 articles)
Crashville: The Risky Route To Oscar Glory
(From SoundOnSight. 6 November 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)
Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-Six
(From Huffington Post. 30 October 2009, 8:38 AM, PDT)
(From SoundOnSight. 6 November 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)
Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-Six
(From Huffington Post. 30 October 2009, 8:38 AM, PDT)
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a milestone in my filmgoing experience
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Arkin | ... | Norman |
| Barbara Baxley | ... | Lady Pearl |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Delbert Reese |
| Karen Black | ... | Connie White |
| Ronee Blakley | ... | Barbara Jean |
| Timothy Brown | ... | Tommy Brown |
 | Keith Carradine | ... | Tom Frank |
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | Opal |
 | Robert DoQui | ... | Wade (as Robert Doqui) |
 | Shelley Duvall | ... | L. A. Joan |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Barnett |
 | Henry Gibson | ... | Haven Hamilton |
 | Scott Glenn | ... | Pfc. Glenn Kelly |
 | Jeff Goldblum | ... | Tricycle Man |
| Barbara Harris | ... | Albuquerque |
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Runtime:
159 min
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Colour:
Colour (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Netherlands:12 |
West Germany:12 |
UK:AA (original rating) |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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The film was very much improvised by the actors, who used the screenplay only as a guide. They spent a great amount of their time in character, and the movie was shot almost entirely in sequence.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: In the scene at the Grand Ol' Opry, Haven Hamilton gives the zip code for Vanderbilt Hospital as "27322". The hospital's zip code is actually "37232".
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Quotes:
Marthe aka "L. A. Joan":
Hi, Tom, could you sign my record?
Tom Frank: You better get off that diet before you ruin yourself.
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Tom Frank: You better get off that diet before you ruin yourself.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Undergrads: New Friends (#1.4)" (2001)
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Soundtrack:
200 Years
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I saw Nashville when it was first shown, billed as Altman's "birthday card" to America on the occasion of the bicentennial. The greatest tribute I can pay is that, despite its frequent shifts of location, many individual scenes and characterizations, as well as the overarching story line, remained vivid in my mind over the years before I was able to purchase the film on video. When I taught Film History at my college I used Nashville as the final examination for the course. After having viewed the film, students were instructed to identify the elements of film technique previously studied(such as overlapping dialogue, jump shots, widescreen, etc) in order to forward the narrative, as they were employed by Altman. In general, they did very well; even those who disliked the film. There are too many admirable performances for me to mention; however, those that remained most vivid in my mind over the years were those of Gwen Welles, Ronee Blakley, Henry Gibson, and Lily Tomlin. One last note of appreciation regards the fact that all the characters were introduced within the first twenty minutes at the airport; their personalities brought out in the highway scene;and their being brought together again, cyclically, during the last twenty minutes at the "Parthenon". It has been several years since I used Nashville for pedagogical purposes. When I purchased the DVD recently I found that, despite my numerous viewings and classroom analysis, the impact was virtually the same as when I first saw it in 1976. For me, it did not "murder to dissect" this personal milestone.