#132 – Nashville, 1975, Robert Altman
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress— connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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#378: M*A*S*H
#378 – M*A*S*H, 1970, Robert Altman
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
#608: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
#608 – McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 1971, Robert Altman
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
#722: The Player
#722 – The Player, 1992, Robert Altman
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected – but which one?
#976: Short Cuts
#976 – Short Cuts, 1993, Robert Altman
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy’s grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy’s birthday cake.
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