“Nashville” is director Robert Altman’s satirical look at the country music & gospel music industry headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. (The film also contains a subplot featuring a populist candidate for President of the United States.) Altman felt he was taking an honest look at an important part of middle America, but, in fact, this very long (160 minutes) picture comes across as demeaning and condescending, as well as incredibly boring, from a poorly written screenplay by Joan Tewkesbury.
Altman employed a very large cast for this Titanic of a motion picture, including Ned Beatty, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Shelley Duvall, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Ronee Blakley, Keenan Wynn, Michael Murphy, David Arkin, Barbara Harris, Allen Garfield, Bert Remsen, and Barbara Baxley.
“Nashville” was a modest success in theatrical release for producer Robert Altman, ABC Motion Pictures, and Paramount Pictures. The sole Oscar for the film went to Keith Carradine for Best Original Song for his recording of “I’m Easy.”
Nashville (1975)
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My Review
“Nashville” is director Robert Altman’s satirical look at the country music & gospel music industry headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. (The film also contains a subplot featuring a populist candidate for President of the United States.) Altman felt he was taking an honest look at an important part of middle America, but, in fact, this very long (160 minutes) picture comes across as demeaning and condescending, as well as incredibly boring, from a poorly written screenplay by Joan Tewkesbury.
Altman employed a very large cast for this Titanic of a motion picture, including Ned Beatty, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Shelley Duvall, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Ronee Blakley, Keenan Wynn, Michael Murphy, David Arkin, Barbara Harris, Allen Garfield, Bert Remsen, and Barbara Baxley.
“Nashville” was a modest success in theatrical release for producer Robert Altman, ABC Motion Pictures, and Paramount Pictures. The sole Oscar for the film went to Keith Carradine for Best Original Song for his recording of “I’m Easy.”