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Robert Altman Trivia

Which Robert Altman Movie Holds the Record for the Longest Opening Shot in Movie History? The Player
Who played Popeye in the Robert Altman film ? Robin Williams
Robert Altman was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director five times. For which film did he ultimately win? Altman never won.
True or False The beginning The Player (1992) features several writers pitching movies. The pitches were not included in the script because Robert Altman asked the writers to write their own. True
Robert Altman directed which of the following films? Thieves Like Us
The 1970 Robert Altman film, "M*A*S*H*" was later adapted into the highly successful TV series by the same name. In the TV show, Loretta Swit portrayed the lead female character, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan. Who played Hot Lips in the original Altman film version? Sally Kellerman
Who directed Gosford Park? Robert Altman
What famous director directed Short Cuts (1993)? Robert Altman
Name this 1971 groundbreaking Western from director Robert Altman, starring Julie Christie and Warren Beatty, set in the Pacific Northwest, with music by Leonard Cohen: McCabe and Mrs. Miller
A Prairie Home Companion has a gigantic cast including Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, and Lindsay Lohan. Who directed it? Robert Altman
This black comedy from 1970 was directed by Robert Altman and featured Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould as doctors during the Korean War. It was a very succesful film and an even more succesful television series. M*A*S*H
MASH (1970) The opening title sequence has a text that identifies the place as Korea. This was added at the insistence of the studio after director Robert Altman had removed every reference to Korea, intending it to be mistaken for Vietnam, which would reinforce the anti-war statement. True
The Gingerbread Man- "Al Hayes" was a pseudonym used by John Grisham, writer of the script. Why did he use it? He objected to the foul language Robert Altman added to the screenplay