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Nashville

Robert Altman  •   USA  • ​  1975
160 mins  •  HD  •   R16

Newly restored, this Oscar-winning epic follows 24 characters through five days in the country music capital of the USA.
 
“The funniest epic vision of America ever to reach the screen” — New Yorker
DIRECTOR: Robert Altman
PRODUCERS: Robert Altman, Gerry Weintraub

PRODUCTION CO: ABC Motion Pictures
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SCREENPLAY: Joan Tewkesbury
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paul Lohmann
EDITOR: Dennis M. Hill, Sidney Levin
MUSIC: Richard Baskin (original songs written by the cast)
WITH: David Arkin (Norman), Barbara Baxley (Lady Pearl), Ned Beatty (Delbert Reese), Karen Black (Connie White), Ronee Blakley (Barbara Jean), Timothy Brown (Tommy Brown), Keith Carradine (Tom Frank), Geraldine Chaplin (Opal), Robert DoQui (Wade Cooley), Shelley Duvall (L. A. Joan), Allen Garfield (Barnett), Henry Gibson (Haven Hamilton), Scott Glenn (Pfc. Glenn Kelly), Jeff Goldblum (Tricycle Man), Barbara Harris (Albuquerque), David Hayward (Kenny Frasier), Michael Murphy (John Triplette), Allan F. Nicholls (Bill), Cristina Raines (Mary), Lily Tomlin (Linnea Reese), Gwen Welles (Sueleen Gay), Keenan Wynn (Mr. Green), Thomas Hal Phillips (Hal Phillip Walker), Elliott Gould (Himself), Julie Christie (Herself)

AWARDS: Oscar, Best Original Song, Keith Carradine,  'I'm Easy'; NY Film Critics, Best Director, Robert Altman; Best Supporting Actress, Lily Tomlin; LA Film Critics, Best Screenplay, Joan Tewkesbury

REVIEWS

“The movie that best embodies everything that was so freeing and generous and deceptively casual about Altman’s art… one of the most revealing portraits of America ever made” – Slant Magazine

“Robert Altman’s masterpiece set in country music’s capital as America approached its bicentennial is now gloriously restored. A magnum opus offering a sceptical commentary on modern America, Nashville follows a host of credibly colourful characters – musicians, agents, fans, journalists, politicians, locals – over five days in the city’s busy concert schedule. The narrative, seemingly as chaotic as reality, is supremely subtle and complex in its interweaving of events, relationships, themes and moods: the tone is at once affectionate and scathing; the songs are musically spot-on; the film’s sheer scale, ambition, wit and intelligence are exhilarating. Beautifully performed, it’s one of the greatest films of the last 50 years – and one that could probably not get made now.”

 - Geoff Andrew, BFI

“Nashville was the first film I really had total control over… everything was done on the spot, changed on the spot… we'd create events and document them… So it was very like a documentary, with a small crew moving fast.” – Robert Altman


FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

​Hamilton   
Monday, 14 February, 7:30pm​

Palmerston North
Wednesday, 9 March, 6.00pm


​Wellington   
Monday, 21 March, 6:15pm

Dunedin
Wednesday, 30 March, 7.30pm

Nelson     
Tuesday, 12 April, 6.00pm


​Auckland  
Monday, 2 May, 6.00pm
This screening is open to the public, all tickets $10 on sale now at Academy Cinemas (AFS members free)


Carterton
Friday, 13 May, 7.30pm

Queenstown
Tuesday, 24 May, 8.15pm

Timaru
​Monday, 13 June, 6.00pm

Canterbury
Monday, 4 July, 7.00pm


Tauranga
Sunday, 17 July, 6.30pm

​Whanganui   
Monday, 1 August, 7.00pm


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