Nashville
 | Directed by Robert Altman Starring: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield Paramount, 2000, DVD Customer Rating: 123 reviews Recommend |
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The drama and comedy of the lives of twenty-four major stars as seen in the five days they are in the country music capital of the world.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 2-MAY-2006
Media Type: DVD
This 1975 film sits near the top of any list of the best films of the 1970s, perhaps in the top five and, in some people's minds, at the pinnacle itself. Robert Altman, at his most Altmanesque, spins together plot strands involving two dozen people over the course of one particularly busy weekend in Music City, USA. Though several of the story lines deal with country-western stars — played by Henry Gibson, Ronee Blakley and Karen Black — the plot also deals with the country scene's wannabes, the business people who pull the strings and the operative for a mysterious presidential candidate who is trying to get the de facto endorsement of some of the country stars by having them appear at a rally for him. (The unknown but rocketing presidential aspirant was eerily echoed the next year, when Jimmy Carter came out of nowhere to win the presidency.) Blakley is heartbreakingly fragile as a Loretta Lynn-like singer on the verge of total mental meltdown, while Lily Tomlin is outstanding as a housewife-gospel singer who has a dalliance with a randy folk-rock cad, perfectly played by Keith Carradine (who won an Oscar for his song "I'm Easy"). The cast also includes Jeff Goldblum, Scott Glenn, Keenan Wynn, Shelley Duvall, Geraldine Chaplin (hilarious as a fatuous British TV journalist), Barbara Harris, Michael Murphy, and Ned Beatty, with cameos by Elliott Gould and Julie Christie as themselves. Next to Mean Streets, perhaps the most influential film of the decade. — Marshall Fine
Title: Nashville
Sales Rank: 8381 in DVD
Actor: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield
Director: Robert Altman
Studio: Paramount, 2000-08-15, Theatrical Release: 2000-08-15
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 2.35:1
Languages: English (Subtitled)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 160 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.14 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches, 0.25 pounds
- Altman's Great Mosaic of America
- Brilliant, funny, sad and epic look at 1970s America, following 24
characters over a few key days in Nashville. An amazing combination of
political satire, hysterical send up of the country music business
and touching and moving character studies.
If one wants to quibble there are minor flaws; overstated performances
at moments, ironies that… More reviews
- Interesting movie, but slightly insulting...
- I have a copy of this movie because there are shots of Nashville and places I used to go. I first saw this film before I was a professional fiddle player and I still believed all the cliché about Country Music. Later I ended up working and living in Nashville working in the Opryland Amusement Park and now I understand why some of my friends there felt… More reviews
- Great Film! Classic Robert Altman
- I consider Nashville to be one of Robert Altman's best films. If you are a fan of the film and are looking for tons of extra features then you might be a little disappointed with the DVD. That being said, the DVD does include an interview with Robert Altman as well as commentary by Robert Altman which I really enjoyed. For me this DVD is a must have… More reviews
- A Disaster
- As I come near the end of my journey through Robert Altman films I found many that were excellent, but Nashville from 1975 is by far the worst. I am not a big fan of country music, but I do enjoy Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson. There are a couple of interesting songs in the movie, but most of the music is totally lame. I thought this 160 minute… More reviews
- Watch. Absorb. Repeat.
- The years go by. Altman is gone. Many of the players here are gone,and many of them never got a chance to walk the tightrope so high with such success they did in Nashville. And yet,Viacom still has not given this the deluxe treatment. Maybe in the blu-ray era,but probably not because they just don't know what they have… More reviews
