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Nashville (1975)

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Reviews Counted: 40

Fresh: 38

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 8.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 39 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Robert Altman's brilliant, sprawling masterpiece paints a detailed portrait of the people and music industry of Nashville, Tennessee. Made in 1975, one year before the celebration of the American... Robert Altman's brilliant, sprawling masterpiece paints a detailed portrait of the people and music industry of Nashville, Tennessee. Made in 1975, one year before the celebration of the American Bicentennial, the film can also be viewed as a metaphor for the state of American politics and culture of the time. Altman's roaming camera follows a group of disparate individuals as the city prepares for an upcoming political rally for "Replacement" party candidate Hal Philip Walker. They include a ditzy Californian who's visiting her dying aunt and downtrodden uncle, a philandering rock star and his bandmates, a country singer on the verge of a nervous breakdown, a tone-deaf waitress with dreams of superstardom, a mother with two deaf children, and a British journalist who is out to capture the "true" Nashville. The characters intersect at the beginning of the film after a highway accident, and again at the end when an act of violence tarnishes the political rally. Altman's improvisational approach lends itself perfectly to the film's subject matter, which allows the actors to freely develop their personas. Another bold decision was to incorporate songs written by the actors themselves (Keith Carradine's "I'm Easy" won an Oscar for Best Song). This unorthodox style adds a satirical humor and brave honesty to NASHVILLE, making it one of American cinema's crowning achievements. [More]

Starring: Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ronee Blakley, Keenan Wynn

Starring: Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ronee Blakley, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Harris, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Karen Black, Dave Peel, Ned Beatty, Barbara Baxley, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Murphy, Gwen Welles

Director: Robert Altman

Director: Robert Altman
Screenwriter: Joan Tewkesbury
Producer: Robert Altman
Composer: Richard Baskin

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03/31/08
David Ansen
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In its ambitions to say something big and different about the American political scene rises to the occasion to be a fascinating technical achievement ... .

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02/21/08
Dennis Schwartz
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A rare and puzzling movie: beautiful and cruel, passionate but strangely shallow.

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06/27/07
Don Druker
Chicago Reader
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Nashville is one of Altman's best films, free of the rambling insider fooling around that sometimes mars entire chunks of every second or third picture.

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One of the most challenging American films ever made.

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05/09/07
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

One of the 1970s most complexly constructed films, Nashville tackles the music industry and American politics in satirical, innovative ways by the use of large ensemble, overlapping dialogue, imporov acting, and songs written and sung by the actors.

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Emanuel Levy
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A masterpiece.

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07/05/05
Emanuel Levy
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Nashville effectively founded the school of American improv-ensemble cinema.

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03/07/05
Jonathan Romney
Independent

[Nashville] looks forward to our contemporary obsession with celebrities and to politics itself becoming a form of show business. Unmissable.

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