Barbara Harris, Geraldine Chaplin, Gwen Welles

Released 30 years ago, when the nation was still reeling from the Vietnam War and Watergate, this prophetic all-American mosaic reveals our national obsession with entertainment and politics. A presid...( read more  read more... )ential election is underway, and Replacement Party candidate Hal Philip Walker's election team is rounding up some acts for a fundraiser.

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R, 2 hrs. 39 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Release Date: June 11, 1975

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DVD Release Date: August 15, 2000

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  • August 31, 2009
    while containing great production quality and an excellent cast, i found this to be a highly overrated film. it was entertaining, but at over 2 1/2 hours the film suffered from far too much aimless wandering. the entire film was characterized by randomness from the underdevelop...( read more)ed characters to the random connections of those characters that dont further the story. the film floats along with a total lack of focus outside of the ambiguous commentary on nashville and politics. a unique film but not as good as the hype.
  • June 13, 2008
    Robert Altman knew how to make a great film. Between this Gosford Park and Short Cuts I don't know which is my personal favorite. My advice see all three of these films and weep for the fact that Robert Altman is no longer on this planet.
  • April 20, 2008
    hard to find but impossible not to love.
  • February 22, 2008
    i hate country music...but i love robert altman...and this movie inspired magnolia's structure...soooo
  • April 2, 2007
    Tied with Short Cuts and M*A*S*H as Altman's best work.
  • October 14, 2009
    Very good movie except for the ending
  • July 24, 2009
    "Y'all take it easy now. This isn't Dallas, it's Nashville! They can't do this to us here in Nashville! Let's show them what we're made of. Come on everybody, sing! Somebody, sing!"

    Robert Altman's 'Nashville' is simply one of film's greatest achievements. Combining improvisati...( read more)on, drama, and comedy to forge Altman's best and most un- forgettable movie experience.

    The rotating plot centers around the city of Nashville, TN. the country music capital of the world. A mysterious van campaigning for politician Hal Phillip Walker circulates the city spouting off campaign promises. The unseen Walker is trying to win candidacy for the U.S. Presidancy. He belongs to the newly formed "Replacement Party".

    Of the many plot threads, my personal favorites were:

    the tale of Barbra Jean (Ronee Blakely), a country queen who just suffered a mental break down. She is also idolized by a solider (Scott Glenn) who trots along like a loyal puppy.

    Linnea Reese (Lilly Tomlin) the choral singer and mother of two deaf children, who shacks up with music sensation Tom (Keith Carridine), a womanizer.

    Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), a man who brings his niece, Marthe (Shelly Duvall), to care for his dying wife. She cares more about celebrities, (including Tom, who she also shacks up with), then her dying aunt. Green also rents a room out to a mysterious stranger (David Hayward).

    And finally Haven Hamilton, (Henry Gibson), an egotistical, aging, S.O.B. of a country star.

    All mentioned above do splendid work, especially Wynn, there are some heart-breaking scenes in the hospital, where his wife stays.

    For the climactic assassination scene, Altman knows not to underscore the scene with music, but with crowds, movements, faces and cutting. Altman is a master he makes you know why in that scene alone.
  • June 20, 2009
    Set in Tenassee. Is that how you spell it?
  • February 20, 2009
    After all the great things I heard about this film, I was really disappointed when I watched it and found that it was a boring, dull, 2.5 hour film that does nothing to develop its characters. Aside from one or two scenes, I found the entire movie pointless. But maybe I just do...( read more)n't get it.
  • November 30, 2008
    wow what a movie i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a really good movie 2 watch...its got a really good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that the director of this Drama, Classics, Musical & Performing Arts movie had done a rea...( read more)lly good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie its really enjoyable as well i think that this is 1 of robert altmans best movies hes ever directed because he is a good director

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

More than anything else, it is a tender poem to the wounded and the sad. full review

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