| Description: |
2 videodiscs (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series: |
Criterion collection ; 683
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| System: |
DVD, NTSC, region 1. |
| Language: |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast: |
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 Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles, Keenan Wynn. |
| Credits: |
Music arranged and supervised by Richard Baskin ; edited by Sidney Levin, Dennis Hill ; wardrobe, Jules Melillo ; director of photography, Paul Lohmann. |
| Note: |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. |
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Accompanying booklet includes film cast and credits and an essay by Molly Haskell. |
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Widescreen. |
| Audience: |
Rating: R. |
| Note: |
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (featuring director Robert Altman); trailer. Disc 2: The making of Nashville (new documentary featuring interviews with actors Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Allan Nicholls, and Lily Tomlin; screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury; assistant director Alan Rudolph; and director Robert Altman's widow, Kathryn Reed Altman); Robert Altman interviews (archival interviews from 1975, 2000, and 2002), Behind-the-scenes (footage shot on location during filming of the traffic jam scene and the final scene at the Parthenon replica); Keith Carradine demo (performing his songs from the film). |
| Summary: |
Set in the nation's music capital. The film weaves the stories of twenty-four characters; from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress, into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. |
| Contents: |
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Subject: |
Country musicians -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Drama.
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Country music -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Drama.
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Music trade -- Tennessee -- Nashville -- Drama.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Drama.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971- -- Drama.
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Nashville (Tenn.) -- Drama.
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| Timeframe: |
Since 1945 |
| Genre: |
Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Contributors: |
Altman, Robert, 1925-2006, film director, film producer.
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Tewkesbury, Joan, screenwriter.
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Gibson, Henry, actor.
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Blakley, Ronee, actor.
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Carradine, Keith, 1949- actor.
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Tomlin, Lily, actor.
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Welles, Gwen, 1951-1993, actor.
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ABC Entertainment, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781681431475 |
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1681431475 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515176613 |
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