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Lifetime Achievement Award (1994) <br>and two Independent Spirit Awards (1994) </td></tr></table> <p><hr color=silver width=450> <p><a name="links"> </a><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=6><b>L i n k s</b></font> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/454152/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">browse Robert Altman on DVD</a> <br><a href="http://www.allposters.com/getthumb.asp?AID=90827&Search=8300&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&PPID=1&sortby=PD" target="_blank">Robert Altman posters category at AllPosters.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000265/" target="_blank">Robert Altman credits at Internet Movie Database</a> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Altman" target="_blank">Robert Altman entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><a href="http://www.transbuddha.com/index.php/buddha/robert_altman_festival_announcement/" target="_blank">possible Robert Altman Film Festival in Kansas City, KS</a> <p><a name="movies"> </a><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=6><b>Movies&nbsp&nbsp;By&nbsp&nbsp;Robert&nbsp&nbsp;Altman</b></font> <p><table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Robert Altman Criterion Collection DVD box set" width=103 height=145 src=covers/dRAcriterion.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Criterion Collection Director Series - Robert Altman" box set [2007]</big> <br><b>Amazon Exclusive!</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000YPB2BM/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Criterion color DVD box set [12/2007] 4 disks for $104.99</a> <br><font color=maroon>includes "3 Women" [1977] starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek & Janice Rule; "Secret Honor" [1985] starring Philip Baker Hall as <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/RMNixon37.htm" target="_blank">Richard Nixon</a>; "Tanner 88" mini-series [H.B.O. 1988] starring Michael Murphy; and "Short Cuts" [1993] with an all-star cast</font> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Robert Altman Collection DVD box set" width=103 height=144 src="covers/dRAcollxn.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font size=4>"Robert Altman Collection" [2006]</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E6ESFS/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Fox color DVD box set [4/2006] 4 disks for $35.99</a> <br><font color=maroon>includes "M*A*S*H" [1970] starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould & Tom Skerritt; "A Wedding" [1978] starring Lillian Gish; "Quintet" [1979] starring Paul Newman; and "A Perfect Couple" [1979] starring Paul Dooley & Marta Heflin &ndash; plus many extras</font> </td></tr></table> <font face=webdings size=6 color=black>·</font>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;<font face=webdings size=6 color=black>·</font> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"M*A*S*H"</b></font> [1970]<br><small> Directed by Robert Altman; starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt,<br>Sally Kellerman, Gary Burghoff, Rene Auberjonois & Robert Duvall; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066026/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"McCabe&nbsp&nbsp&amp&nbsp&nbsp;Mrs.&nbsp&nbsp;Miller"</b></font> [Warner Bros. 1971] <table border=0 width=670><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="McCabe & Mrs. Miller video" height=140 src="covers/vMcCabe.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td>Co-written & directed by Robert Altman; based on the Edmund Naughton novel; starring <a href=WarrenBeatty.htm target="_blank">Warren Beatty</a>, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Bert Remsen & Shelley Duvall; nominated for Best Actress Oscar (JC); added to National Film Registry (2010) <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063K2Q/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Warner widescreen color DVD [6/2002] for $4.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0790741067/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Warner color VHS [5/99] for $3.50</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067411/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCabe_%26_Mrs._Miller" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&item=937896" target="_blank">11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com</a> <br><big>based on the 1964 novel by Edmund Naughton</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/084393025X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Leisure Books pb [2/91] out of print/used</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G307SQ/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Berkeley Medallion mass movie tie-in pb [1971] out of print/used</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"The&nbsp&nbsp;Long&nbsp&nbsp;Goodbye"</b></font> [1973] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Long Goodbye video" border=1 width=77 height=140 src="covers/vRCgoodbye.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>Los Angeles P.I. Philip Marlowe's friend Terry Lennox asks for a ride across the border to Mexico. When Marlowe returns, the police are waiting for him, asking questions about the bludgeon murder of Terry's wife.</font> Directed by Robert Altman; script by Leigh Brackett, based on Chandler's novel; starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin & Jim Bouton <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000069HZU/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">M.G.M. widescreen color DVD [9/2002] for $12.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302121582/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">MGM/UA color VHS [5/91] out of prodn/many used</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070334/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Goodbye_%28film%29" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Long Goodbye novel" height=140 src="covers/RCgoodbye.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><big>1955 novel by <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/blackhat/Chandler.htm" target="_blank">Raymond Chandler [1888-1959]</a></big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394757688/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Vintage 8x5 pb [8/92] for $11.16</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159007095X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">New Millennium Audio ABR audio read by Elliott Gould [3/2002] out of prodn/used</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Nashville"</b></font> [Paramount June 1975] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Nashville movie poster" width=104 height=158 src=covers/pRAnashville.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>Essentially a musical, with various storylines converging at a performance at the Parthenon in Nashville.</font> Co-produced & directed by Robert Altman; script by Joan Tewkesbury; ensemble cast including Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Shelley Duvall, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles & Keenan Wynn; won Oscar for Best Original Song, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Supporting Actress (RB & LT); DGA & WGA Award noms; listed on National Film Registry (1992) <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305918880/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2000] for $9.98</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003KIU/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount color VHS [1/98] 2 tapes - out of prodn/many used</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004SZVS/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">M.C.A. soundtrack CD [5/2000] for $10.99</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0073440/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_%28film%29" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JVZMEE/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">11"x17" blue poster from Amazon for $9.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JW1N0A/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="The Making of Nashville" width=100 height=151 src="covers/NashvilleChronicles.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><big>"The <i>Nashville</i> Chronicles: The Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece"<br>[2000] by Jan Stuart</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879109815/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Limelight Editions 8&frac34x6 pb [8/2004] for $13.57</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684865432/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">S&S 9&frac12x6&frac12 hardcover [11/2000] out of print/used</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Buffalo&nbsp&nbsp;Bill&nbsp&nbsp&amp&nbsp&nbsp;The&nbsp&nbsp;Indians,&nbsp&nbsp;or&nbsp&nbsp;Sitting<br>Bull's&nbsp&nbsp;History&nbsp&nbsp;Lesson"</b></font> [De Laurentiis June 1976] <br><table border=0 width=760><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Buffalo Bill & The Indians" width=77 height=140 src="covers/vRAbuffalobill.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>Before the invention of the motion picture, the traveling Wild West shows of Buffalo Bill and others created 'The Show Business'.</font> Directed by Robert Altman; based on the stage play by Arthur L. Kopit; starring Paul Newman {as <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/western/BuffaloBillCody.htm" target="_blank">'Buffalo Bill' Cody</a>}, Joel Grey, Geraldine Chaplin, Frank Kaquitts, Will Sampson, Frank Kaquitts, Pat McCormick, Shelley Duvall, Noelle Rogers & Burt Lancaster <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000059TFT/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">MGM/UA widescreen DVD [5/2001] for $17.98</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304411391/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">MGM/UA color VHS [5/2000] for $14.95</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0074254" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553100475/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Bantam movie tie-in pb [1976] out of print/used</a> <br><big>Based on the 1969 stage play "Indians: A Play" by Arthur L. Kopit</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553100475/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Bantam movie tie-in pb [1976] out of print/used</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"3 Women"</b></font> [LionsGate April 1977]<small> <br>Co-produced, co-written & directed by Robert Altman; starring Shelley Duvall,<br> Sissy Spacek & Janice Rule; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0075612/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"A Wedding"</b></font> [Fox/LionsGate Aug 1978]<small> <br>Co-produced, co-written & directed by Robert Altman; ensemble cast including Lillian Gish <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0078481/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Quintet"</b></font> [Fox/LionsGate Feb 1979]]<small> <br>Co-produced, co-written & directed by Robert Altman; starring Paul Newman <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0079770/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"A Perfect Couple"</b></font> [Fox/LionsGate April 1979]<small> <br>Co-produced, written & directed by Robert Altman; starring Paul Dooley & Marta Heflin <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0079710/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Popeye"</b></font> [Disney/Paramount Dec 1980] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Popeye feature film" width=98 height=140 src="covers/dPopeye.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> Directed by Robert Altman; script by Jules Feiffer; starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Wesley Ivan Hurt & Richard Libertini <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000094J63/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount widescreen color DVD [6/2003] for $9.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304168969/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount color VHS [10/96] for $9.45</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081353/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://www.popeye.com/" target="_blank">official Popeye the Sailor website</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Secret Honor"</b></font> [indep June 1985]<small> <br>Produced & directed by Robert Altman; starring Philip Baker Hall as <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/RMNixon37.htm" target="_blank">Richard Nixon</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088074/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Fool For Love"</b></font> [1985]<small> <br>filmed in New Mexico</small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"</b></font><br>[Sony-Columbia/CBS tv movie May 1988]<small> <br>Directed by Robert Altman; teleplay by Herman Wouk, from his classic play; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094826/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Tanner 88: A Political Fable"</b></font> mini-series [H.B.O. 1988]<small> <br>Directed by Robert Altman; written by Garry Trudeau; starring Michael Murphy; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0094562/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Tanner On Tanner"</b></font> sequel [HBO Oct 2004]<small> <br>Directed by Robert Altman; written by Garry Trudeau; starring Michael Murphy; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0420457/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><p><b><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"The&nbsp&nbsp;Player"</b></font> [Avenue/Spelling April 1992] <table border=0 width=760><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="The Player movie poster" width=102 height=152 src="covers/pRAThePlayer.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>A screenwriter is blackmailing a movie studio executive...</font> Directed by Robert Altman; novel & script by Michael Tolkin; starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Dean Stockwell, Sydney Pollack & Lyle Lovett; many cameos include <a href=SteveAllen.htm target="_blank">Steve Allen</a>, Harry Belafonte, Karen Black, Gary Busey, Robert Carradine, Charles Champlin, Cher, James Coburn, John Cusack, Paul Dooley, Peter Falk, Louise Fletcher, Teri Garr, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Elliott Gould, Joel Grey, Buck Henry, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman, Jack Lemmon, Andie MacDowell, Malcolm McDowell, <a href=SteveAllen.htm#FF target="_blank">Jayne Meadows</a>, Martin Mull, Nick Nolte, Bert Remsen, Burt Reynolds, Julia Roberts, Alan Rudolph, Jill St. John, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger, Lily Tomlin, Robert Wagner, Ray Walston & Bruce Willis; 3 Oscar noms, won 2 BAFTA, won 2 at Cannes, won WGA Best Script/Adaptation <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0780618564/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">New Line Special Edition widescreen color DVD [7/97] for $14.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000006HTG/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">New Line color VHS [6/2002] out of prodn/many used</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105151/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JVZ6QI/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="The Player book" width=92 height=140 src="covers/MTtheplayer.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The Player" [1988 novel] by Michael Tolkin</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802135137/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Grove Press 8&frac14x5&frac12 pb [4/97] for $9.60</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871132281/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover [6/88] out of print/used</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679423451/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Random House ABR audio [5/93] out of prodn/used</a> <br><big>"The Return of The Player" [2006 sequel] by Michael Tolkin</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802143024/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Grove Press 8x5&frac14 pb [7/2007] for $10.40</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802118011/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Grove Press 9&frac14x6&frac14 hardcover [8/2006] for $4.80 [sic]</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><p><b><font face="arial,helvetica">"M<small>c</small>Teague:&nbsp&nbsp;The&nbsp&nbsp;Opera"</b></font> [P.B.S. 1992] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="McTeague opera" width=102 height=137 src="covers/RAmcteague.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td>Commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago & performed in 1992; co-written & directed by Robert Altman; based on the classic 1899 novel "McTeague: A Story of San Francisco" by <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/FrankNorris.htm" target="_blank">Frank Norris [1870-1902]</a>; composed by <a href="http://www.williambolcom.com/" target="_blank">William Bolcom</a>, libretto co-written by Arnold Weinstein; starring Ben Heppner, Catherine Malfitano & Timothy Nolen <br>filmed for broadcast on PBS " video/DVD not available " <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250580/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://williambolcom.com/index.php?contentID=1265" target="_blank">composer's "McTeague" page</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McTeague" target="_blank">book entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><big>"The Real McTeague" tv program [WNEW/PBS May 1993]</big> <br>Directed by Robert Altman; narrated by Studs Terkel <br>video/DVD not available " <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323776/fullcredits" target="_blank">credits at IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Short Cuts"</b></font> [1993]<small> <br>Directed by Robert Altman; based on stories by Raymond Carver; with an all-star cast <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108122/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Kansas City"</b></font><br>[CiBy 2000 France May 1996, Fine Line USA Aug 1996]<small> <br>Co-produced,co-written & directed by Robert Altman; starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson,<br>Harry Belafonte & Michael Murphy; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0116745/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Gosford&nbsp&nbsp;Park"</b></font><br>[USA Films Dec 2001] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Gosford Park poster" height=140 src="covers/pGosfordPark.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> Directed by Robert Altman; all-star cast; won an Oscar for Best Original Script (Julian Fellowes); nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Helen Mirren & Maggie Smith), Best Art Direction, Best Costumes; also won Golden Globe, A.F.I. & BAFTA for Best Director, W.G.A.for Best Original Script <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JKNF/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Universal widescreen DVD [6/2002] for $20.23</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000066C87/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Universal color VHS [6/2002] for $79.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000066C88/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Universal VHS w/Spanish subtitles [6/2002] for $79.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UNCB/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Universal soundtrack CD [1/2002] for $13.99</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0280707" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Gosford Park script" height=140 src="covers/GosfordParkJF.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><font size=4>"Gosford Park: The Shooting Script" [2002]<br>by Julian Fellowes</font> <br><font color=maroon>won Oscar & W.G.A. awards for Best Original Script</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1557045313/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Newmarket Press 7x9&frac14; pb [3/2002] for $13.27</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"A&nbsp&nbsp;Wedding:&nbsp&nbsp;The&nbsp&nbsp;Opera"</b></font> [2004]<small> <br>Commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago & first performed in 2004; co-written & directed by Robert Altman,<br>based on his 1978 movie; composed by <a href="http://www.williambolcom.com/" target="_blank">William Bolcom</a>, libretto co-written by Arnold Weinstein <br>video/DVD not available " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wedding_(opera)" target="_blank">opera entry at Wikipedia</a> " <a href="http://www.williambolcom.com/index.php?contentID=1273" target="_blank">composer's "A Wedding" page</a></small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font size=5 face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"A&nbsp&nbsp;Prairie&nbsp&nbsp;Home&nbsp&nbsp;Companion"</b></font><br>[Picturehouse June 2006] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Prairie Home Companion movie poster" border=1 width=106 height=155 src="covers/pPrairieHomeCompanion.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> Directed by Robert Altman; starring <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/oldtimeradio.htm#PHC" target="_blank">Garrison Keillor</a>, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Lee Jones, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph & Virginia Madsen <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H6SXYM/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">NewLine widescreen color DVD [10/2006] for $18.87</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0420087/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://www.aprairiehomecompanionmovie.com/" target="_blank">official movie site</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"The American Ruling Class: America Rules The World, But Who Rules America?"</b></font><br>feature film [indep April 2008] <table border=0 width=770><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="The American Ruling Class documentary feature written by Lewis H. Lapham" border=1 width=105 height=147 src="covers/dAmericanRulingClassLHL.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>An unusual combination of documentary footage and scripted actors that thoroughly reveals America's ruling master class.</font> Directed by John Kirby; written by Lewis H. Lapham; featuring <b>Robert Altman</b>, James A. Baker III, Bill Bradley, Harold Brown, Hodding Carter III, William T. Coleman, Jr., Walter Cronkite, Barbara Ehrenreich, Martin Garbus, Vartan Gregorian, Mike Medavoy, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Samuel Peabody, Peter G. Peterson, Pete Seeger, Lawrence H. Summers, Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., William Howard taft IV, <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/Vonnegut.htm" target="_blank">Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.</a> & Howard Zinn <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001HM2CE2/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Alive Mind color DVD [1/2009] for $24.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455906/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Ruling_Class" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> " <a href="http://www.theamericanrulingclass.org/" target="_blank">official movie site</a> </td></tr></table> <p><a name="books"> </a><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=6><b>Books&nbsp&nbsp;by&nbsp&nbsp;Robert&nbsp&nbsp;Altman</b></font> <p><table border=0><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Sixties Photographs by Robert Altman" border=1 width=100 height=150 src="covers/RAsixtiesphotos.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><br><big>"The Sixties: Photographs by Robert Altman" [2007]</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595800247/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Santa Monica Press 12x9&frac14 hardcover [9/2007] for $26.37</a> </td></tr></table> <p><a name="about"> </a><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=6><b>Works&nbsp&nbsp;About&nbsp&nbsp;Robert&nbsp&nbsp;Altman</b></font> <p><table border=0 width=750> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Robert Altman Oral Biography book by Mitchell Zuckoff" border=1 width=106 height=157 src="covers/RAoralbiograsphyMZ.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"Robert Altman: The Oral Biography" [2009]&nbsp&nbsp<img src=images/newredylo.gif><br>by Mitchell Zuckoff</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307267687/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Knopf 9&frac14x6&frac12 hardcover [10/2009] for $23.10</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Conversations with Directors anthology edited by Elsie M. Walker & David T. Johnson" border=1 width=105 height=159 src="covers/ConversationsWithDirectorsEWDJ.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Conversations With Directors: An Anthology of Interviews From <i>Literature/Film Quarterly</i>" [2008] Edited by Elsie M. Walker & David T. Johnson</big> <br><font color=maroon>interviewees include: <b>Robert Altman</b>, <a href=FrankCapra.htm target="_blank">Frank Capra</a>, René Clair, Martha Coolidge, Wes Craven, Terence Davies & Olivia Stewart, <a href=EdwardDmytryk.htm target="_blank">Edward Dmytryk</a>, <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Federico Fellini</a>, William Friedkin, Richard Leacock, Richard Linklater, Baz Luhrmann, Louis Malle, Jonas Mekas, Marcel Ophüls, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Eric Rohmer, Patricia Rozema, John Schlesinger, Jean-Charles Tacchella, Marcela Fernández Violante, Andrej Wajda, Wayne Wang, <a href=BillyWilder.htm target="_blank">Billy Wilder</a>, Robert Wise & Franco Zefferelli</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810861224/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Scarecrow Press 9x6 pb [3/2008] for $55.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Altman On Altman interviews" border=1 width=100 height=160 src="covers/AltmanOnAltmanDT.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><font size=4>"Altman On Altman" [2006]<br>Interviews with David Thompson; Introduction by Paul Thomas Anderson</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571220894/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Faber & Faber 8&frac12x5&frac12 pb [4/2006] for $10.88</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Robert Altman's Subliminal Reality" border=1 width=103 height=157 src="covers/RAsubliminalrealityRTS.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font size=4>"Robert Altman's Subliminal Reality" [2002]<br>by Robert T. Self</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0816637903/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ MN Press 9x5&frac34 pb [4/2002] for $22.50</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/081663789X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ MN Press 9&frac14x6&frac14 hardcover [4/2002] for $67.50</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="A.F.I. Profile Robert Altman" width=104 height=147 src="covers/dAFIrobertaltman.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font size=4>"A.F.I. Directors Profiles: Robert Altman" [2000]</font><br>Written & directed by Robert J. Emery <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TJR6/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Winstar color DVD [2/2001] for $9.98</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TJQU/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Winstar color VHS [2/2001] for $9.98</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348587/fullcredits" target="_blank">credits at IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Robert Altman bio by Patrick McGilligan" width=100 height=159 src="covers/RobertAltmanPMbio.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font size=4>"Robert Altman: Jumping Off The Cliff" [1989]<br>by Patrick McGilligan</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312304676/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">St. Martin's Griffin 8&frac34x6 pb [7/89] for $28.79</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312026366/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">St. Martin's Press hardcover [7/89] out of print/used</a> </td></tr></table> <p><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br>Online sales in association with&nbsp&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/4484/" target="_blank"><img border=0 width=100 height=30 src=images/amazon.gif alt="cinema books catalog at Amazon.com"></a>&nbsp&nbsp;and&nbsp&nbsp; <a href="http://www.allposters.com/getthumb.asp?AID=90827&Search=7656&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&PPID=1&sortby=PD" target="_blank"><img src="images/allposters.gif" border=0 width=110 height=32 alt="Frank Capra posters at AllPosters.com"></a> <p><a href=#top>top of this page</a> " " <a href=index.htm>back to Magic Lantern homepage</a> <br><br> </center> </body> </html>