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Nashville

R Released Jun 11, 1975 2h 37m Comedy Drama Musical TRAILER for List
89% Tomatometer 76 Reviews 84% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
In this acclaimed Robert Altman drama, the lives of numerous people in the Tennessee capital intersect in unpredictable ways. Delbert Reese (Ned Beatty) is a lawyer and political organizer who is having difficulties in his marriage to Linnea (Lily Tomlin), a gospel vocalist. Other performers heavily featured in this renowned ensemble production include country singers Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) and Connie White (Karen Black), who are rivals in the city's thriving music scene.
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Robert Altman captures the bravado and cynicism of the American dream in Nashville, a sprawling epic bursting with vivid performances and an unforgettable soundtrack.

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Penelope Gilliatt New Yorker Altman's long new film will be remembered and honored less for its intellectual content than for its technical and emotional reach. Mar 5, 2024 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) This is peak Robert Altman and the quintessential expression of his ensemble method. Rated: 4/5 Mar 4, 2022 Full Review Mike Petryni Arizona Republic Nashville is no different than the slice-of-life approach of Altman's other movies. It is just so, so much more. Aug 19, 2021 Full Review Dilys Powell Sunday Times (UK) Altman's film strikes an English observer as the purest, possibly the simplest Americana, the kind of thing which it takes an American to know about, which nobody else can understand so well. Aug 8, 2022 Full Review Gary Jane Hoisington Gay Community News (Boston) A cheap ending, an atrocious script...and a plethora of stagey premises mar the whole. Jul 13, 2022 Full Review Cory Woodroof Nashville Scene Robert Altman’s masterwork Nashville is both a rich tapestry and a biting piece of satire exploring county music moguls and wannabes in a not-so-fictionalized version of ’70s Music City. Jun 9, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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thiago s filme mais ou menos, o filme pode ser bom na época, mas hoje não dá, parece que o filme ficou focado entre musica country dos anos 70 que parece que tem cantores na radio k-rose do gta san andreas, e dialogos de leves brigas, quando o final do filme parece se tornar uma final feliz, teve ao contrário, o cara de um tiro na cantora e meio que matou ela, diante do publico, e depois ele foi preso. eu coloquei 1 estrela e meia só por causa do tiro no final do filme. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/30/24 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Watchable, mostly engaging comedy drama, Has some amusing satirical barbs, Best thing about this movie is Ronnie Blakely, So charming, with such a beautiful voice. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review Jeff M Like many of Robert Altman's movies, we are presented with a virtual cast of thousands, or it seems pretty darn close. From main characters to real-life cameos, it's a treat to see the who's who of 1970s cinema. Ultimately this is a cinematic quilt, with patches of characters that attach themselves together, in big ways and small, to produce a truly amazing creation. Like a good novel, it may be long, but it's worth revisiting to give each character the attention deserved. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/24 Full Review Alex P Nashville is what you get when a Californian makes a movie about the South. The characters are cliches made by someone who likely never met, or liked, an actual Southerner. It's also just a completely boring, wandering, and unstructured movie. It's praised as "broad", but it's just unfocused. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/31/23 Full Review John E Nashville was released in 1975 and I fear it is going to be near impossible to sum up all the many reasons why this film is spectacular. The story involves the lives of 24 central characters over a 5-day span in the city of Nashville in the mid 1970's. Amazingly, despite its enormous cast, one knows who every character is and what they've possibly been through. They are real, identifiable and flawed in one way or another. For some their existence is one of privilege, and for others it is an existence of yearning. Nashville is a city of elitism for some and a city of opportunity for others and through Altman's eyes it becomes a focused representation of America in general, with those in the city venturing to live their American dream. The movie plays out in linear time as it juxtaposes differing experiences on top of each other. The musical performances in a reputable venue against performances in a dive bar; the swanky gatherings against the lonely homelife; the venerable celebrity against the naïve wannabe; the loving relationship against the hollow sexual encounter. The movie deftly fills in all the grays that are typically missing in tales focused on the black and whites. Altman uses multiple tracks of sound that continuously play over each other. Multiple conversations are happening at the same time, just as they do in real life, so the dialogue has no hint of being scripted for the viewer's convenience. This overlapping of tracks starts the moment the film starts (with a hilarious opening credit parody of an old K-Tel record tv-ad) and continues through the film's closing musical performance. Politics is a thin thread that weaves all the scenes together, yet that thread is always sewn into the background and never pulls attention from the characters. Political candidate Hal Phillip Walker is only heard through a megaphone from a van that travels the streets of Nashville throughout the film. He's never seen. This film was created during the era of Nixon so the nation's distrust of politicians is felt, and characters in the film often align with differing views of the period regarding gender norms (oh that long hair on men!), military efforts, and what constitutes patriotism. If that doesn't sound familiar, let's also mention that there is a gun shooting at a public venue and citizens are urged to quickly just get over it and get back to the music. Country singing legend Haven Hamilton tells the crowd, "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." Altman's vision of America, and Americans, was not only representative of its time, but prophetic of our own. The cast is perfection and includes name stars such as Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin, Keith Carradine, Jeff Goldblum, Karen Black, and Shelley Duvall along with lesser established but equally effective actors including Barbara Baxley, Michael Murphy, Ronee Blakely, Timothy Brown, Allen Garfield, Keenan Wynn, and Gwen Welles. Two standout performances for me personally were Geraldine Chaplin as BBC reporter Opal, and Henry Gibson as the aforementioned Haven Hamilton. Gibson's portrayal could easily have crossed the line into camp, but he walks that satirical line right to the edge yet never crosses it. I would address the plot… if the film actually had one. It doesn't. This is an examination of the messiness and the drive of the human experience from a multitude of angles. It compares and contrasts those experiences over a short period of time and then the film is over. Nothing is resolved, no one is a hero, no one is necessarily better off, and the world continues spinning. Because of that, or in spite of that, this film now sits near the top of my all-time favorite cinematic experiences. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This large ensemble cast includes David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel,Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles, and Keenan Wynn. A giant musical drama directed by Robert Altman intersecting the lives of various people in a gospel country world of business in Tennessee all the while a Presidential election for the Replacement Party ticket is taking place. America was still reeling from the Vietnam War and Watergate, this film reveals our national obsession with entertainment and politics. Hal Phillip Walker gathers a bunch of acts together for a fundraiser. The musical numbers are pretty well sung yet it's a struggle to attach to any particular character since the movie keeps jumping from person to person so fast. A lot of the dialogue isn't bad it's just so cluttered it's hard to absorb one single line most of the time. 'Nashville' isn't a film I'll revisit again but I do admire the scope of it assembling so many people together expressing their love of music and their political views given the time period it has affected Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this acclaimed Robert Altman drama, the lives of numerous people in the Tennessee capital intersect in unpredictable ways. Delbert Reese (Ned Beatty) is a lawyer and political organizer who is having difficulties in his marriage to Linnea (Lily Tomlin), a gospel vocalist. Other performers heavily featured in this renowned ensemble production include country singers Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) and Connie White (Karen Black), who are rivals in the city's thriving music scene.
Director
Robert Altman
Producer
Robert Altman
Screenwriter
Joan Tewkesbury
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 11, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
2h 37m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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