A haunting, poetic anti-Western based on the 1959 novel by Edmund Naughton, Robert Altman's MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER is a deeply moving motion picture concerning love and the pursuit of wealth in early America. John McCabe (Warren Beatty), a determined businessman with a mysterious past, settles in Presbyterian Church, a small .. Read more
| Starring | Corey Fischer, Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois |
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| Director | Robert Altman |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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A haunting, poetic anti-Western based on the 1959 novel by Edmund Naughton, Robert Altman's MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER is a deeply moving motion picture concerning love and the pursuit of wealth in early America. John McCabe (Warren Beatty), a determined businessman with a mysterious past, settles in Presbyterian Church, a small Northwestern town, and opens up a saloon and a brothel. Soon after, the English head madame, Constance Miller (Julie Christie) arrives and forms a partnership with McCabe in order to manage the brothel's business affairs. McCabe soon has trouble expressing his true feelings to Mrs. Miller, with whom he has fallen in love; she, in turn, relies on opium to distract her from her own personal sorrows. After a powerful company arrives and offers to buy out McCabe's property, his stubborn refusal ends up jeopardising his life, resulting in a showdown with three hired killers in the middle of a freak blizzard. Vilmos Zsigmond's faded imagery--purposely manipulated by "flashing" the film stock before shooting--along with production designer Leon Ericksen's authentic town, brings to life a past world that is tainted with an underlying sadness. Beatty, as the lovesick McCabe, and Christie, who was nominated for an Oscar as the hard-nosed Mrs. Miller, deliver earnest performances that add an even greater despondency to the story, which is heightened by Leonard Cohen's melancholy soundtrack.
| Starring | Corey Fischer, Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Carradine, William Devane, Bert Remsen, John Schuck, Corey Fis |
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| Director | Robert Altman |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1971 To Rent: DVD: 25 Aug 2003 |
Obscurely scripted, muddy-coloured and harshly recorded Western melodrama whose squalid 'realism' comes as close to fantasy as does The Wizard of Oz.
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Very impressive
Over the years I've seen a few of Robert Altman films with mixed reactions to them. Nashville which I believe is regarded as his best, I found somewhat dull... read more »
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A true 70's film
For me this film sums up the independent spirit of Hollywood films in the seventies when men like Altman, Coppola and Scorsese were indulged by confused studios... read more »
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McCabe and Mrs Miller
Altman at his finest. My favourite film ever.
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McCabe And Mrs. Miller.
Not a film I enjoyed at all. In fact I only ran it for the first third and then found it so boring and dismal that I decided to give up. The sound seemed to ... read more »
After 40 years of marriage, Fiona (Julie Christie) decides it is time to move on. This is no reflection on her husband, Grant (Gordon Pinsent), but an acknowledgment that her mind is already drifting out the door. As the Alzheimer's worsens she will require round-the-clock attention. Grant agrees in principle, but he's distraught when the nursing home bars him for the first 30 days, and then bereft to find that his wife has transferred her affections to another patient, Aubrey (Michael Murphy). Read more
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