Pushing the Boundaries: Nashville (1975) 4K Restoration
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 160 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1975
Starring: Barbara Baxley, David Arkin, Karen Black, Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley
Country: United States
Language: English
The 1970s: Pushing the Boundaries
A Film Center retrospective on the most groundbreaking films to come out of the 1970s.
See more Pushing the BoundariesAbout the film:
Following 24 characters through five days in the country music capital, Robert Altman’s 1975 epic presents a complexly textured portrayal (and critique) of American obsessions with celebrity and power. Among the various stars, aspirants, hangers-on, observers, and media folk are politically ambitious country icon and his fragile star protegée, a self-absorbed rock star who woos a lonely married gospel singer, a talentless waitress painfully humiliated at her first singing gig, a runaway wife with dreams of stardom, and a campaign guru who is trying to organize a concert rally for an unseen presidential candidate.
Featuring the Academy Award winning song “I’m Easy,” Nashville is regarded as one of the greatest American films of all time.
“(A) loose, freewheeling document of seventies-era country music culture and the cornucopia of characters who comprise this panoramic time capsule.”
—Matthew Eng, Tribeca Film Festival
About the filmmaker:
Robert Altman was an unconventional filmmaker who is widely acknowledged as a true auteur in American cinema. Generally, Altman films emphasize character and atmosphere over plot structure, and his work frequently revolves around themes of innocence, corruption, and survival. Altman first entered the filmmaking industry by directing dozens of industrial films for the Calvin Company in Kansas City before making his way to television and working on shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965). His filmmaking career took off with the release of his film M*A*S*H (1970), which was nominated for five Academy Awards in 1971 —including Best Picture—and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Not long after, Altman’s film Nashville (1975) earned waves of accolades, including five Academy Award nominations —including Best Director and Best Picture—and a win for Best Original Song.
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