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'''Nashville''' is a 1975 film directed by Robert Altman. It depicts the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee and combines them with material on U.S. presidential politics. The film weaves together multiple storylines that eventually coalesce in the final half-hour in a climactic sequence at the Parthenon in Nashville. Among its many musical sequences, the song "It Don't Worry Me" is the film's theme, heard sporadically throughout and then performed at the climax.
The film features a large ensemble cast including David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles and Keenan Wynn.
The film was written by Joan Tewkesbury but as in many of Altman's films, improvisation was important in the filming process, and ''Nashville'' features Altman's trademark overlapping dialogue. The actors and actresses were required to write and perform their own songs live for the movie. Ronee Blakeley contributed 5 songs for the film.
Many of the characters in the film are based on real country music figures: Henry Gibson's Haven Hamilton is a composite of Roy Acuff, Hank Snow and Porter Wagoner; Ronee Blakely's Barbara Jean is based on Loretta Lynn; the black country singer Tommy Brown (played by Timothy Brown) is based on Charley Pride; and the feuding folk trio is based on Peter, Paul and Mary. Keith Carradine's character is believed to be inspired by Kris Kristofferson and Karen Black's Connie strongly resembles Lynn Anderson.
Filmed in Nashville in the summer (late July, August, and early September) of 1974, Altman had enough footage to produce a four-hour film, and assistant director Alan Rudolph suggested he create an expanded version of "Nashville" to be shown in two parts, "Nashville Red" and "Nashville Blue," but the film ultimately remained intact.Stuart, Jan. (2000). ''The Nashville Chronicles: The Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece.'' New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684865432 9780684865430. After a rush of critical acclaim, ABC expressed interest in a proposal for a ten-hour miniseries of "Nashville," based on the footage not used in the final cut, but plans for the project were scrapped.pages 292-294 The additional footage has not been made available on DVD releases.
The movie was widely despised by the mainstream country-music community at the time of its release, with many artists believing it was ridiculing their talent and sincerity.p. 304 Since then, however, the songs (most of them composed by the film's actors themselves) have achieved a certain popularity in alternative-country circles, well away from the world of the music establishment. In 2002, a CD ''Tribute to Robert Altman's Nashville'' was released, featuring new interpretations of the movie's songs by Canadian alt-country figures Carolyn Mark, Kelly Hogan, and Neko Case.
The film won an Oscar for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song - Motion Picture (awarded to Keith Carradine for "I'm Easy"). In addition, Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin were nominated for Best Supporting Actress Altman was nominated for Best Director, and the film itself for Best Picture. Won a BAFTA Film Award for "Best Sound Track." Altman won for best director from: Cartagena Film Festival; Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards; National Board of Review; National Society of Film Critics Awards; and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
On January 18, 2007, the movie was named number '59' on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition list, after not having appeared on the original list in 1998.
Plans were discussed for a sequel to ''Nashville'', set twelve years later and titled ''Nashville 12'', and most of the original players agreed to appear. In the script for the sequel, Lily Tomlin's character, Linnea, is running for political office; and Barnett now managing Connie White and obsessed with a Barbara Jean impersonator. pages 305-306
The 1992 presidential campaign of H. Ross Perot is reminiscent of the campaign of the "Replacement Party" and its candidate in this film, Hal Phillip Walker, the fictional candidate with a twang in his voice and a penchant for folksy maxims.
The shooting of Barbara Jean by a deranged loner at Nashville's Parthenon foreshadowed the murder of John Lennon in 1980; in interviews on the DVD, Altman remarks that after Lennon's death, reporters questioned the director about "Nashville" and its harbinger of the assassination of a music star.
:Robert Altman: ''"When John Lennon got assassinated, I get a call immediately from the Washington Post and they said'' 'do you feel responsible for this?' ''and I said 'what do you mean responsible?' '' 'Well I mean you're the one that predicted there would be a political assassination of a star'. '' 'And I said 'well I don't feel responsible', but I said, 'but don't you feel responsible for not heeding my warning?' The statement here is, these people are not assassinated because of their ideas or what they do. They're assassinated to draw attention to the assassin. And in political assassinations, in their sort of warped minds, they know that they are going to have a certain amount of people who said ' That son of a bitch should have been shot [the politician],' because there's such heat about it. But actually what their are doing is killing somebody who's in the public eye and is some sort of an icon. Because this feeling that by, doing that, committing that assassination they draw the attention to them self, and they make themselves consequently important. Ah, and its no surprise to me, the Lennon assassination, because this is what all that is, and I don't think we have seen the end of it either."''
: (From the "Commentary by Robert Altman" on the DVD extra: )
:a) p. 276
:b) Ibid., 292-294
:c) Ibid., 304
:d) Ibid., 305-306
★
★ Salon.com's 25th anniversary tribute
'''Nashville''' is a 1975 film directed by Robert Altman. It depicts the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee and combines them with material on U.S. presidential politics. The film weaves together multiple storylines that eventually coalesce in the final half-hour in a climactic sequence at the Parthenon in Nashville. Among its many musical sequences, the song "It Don't Worry Me" is the film's theme, heard sporadically throughout and then performed at the climax.
The film features a large ensemble cast including David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles and Keenan Wynn.
| Contents |
| Production |
| Responses |
| Awards |
| Legacy |
| Notes |
| External links |
Production
The film was written by Joan Tewkesbury but as in many of Altman's films, improvisation was important in the filming process, and ''Nashville'' features Altman's trademark overlapping dialogue. The actors and actresses were required to write and perform their own songs live for the movie. Ronee Blakeley contributed 5 songs for the film.
Many of the characters in the film are based on real country music figures: Henry Gibson's Haven Hamilton is a composite of Roy Acuff, Hank Snow and Porter Wagoner; Ronee Blakely's Barbara Jean is based on Loretta Lynn; the black country singer Tommy Brown (played by Timothy Brown) is based on Charley Pride; and the feuding folk trio is based on Peter, Paul and Mary. Keith Carradine's character is believed to be inspired by Kris Kristofferson and Karen Black's Connie strongly resembles Lynn Anderson.
Filmed in Nashville in the summer (late July, August, and early September) of 1974, Altman had enough footage to produce a four-hour film, and assistant director Alan Rudolph suggested he create an expanded version of "Nashville" to be shown in two parts, "Nashville Red" and "Nashville Blue," but the film ultimately remained intact.Stuart, Jan. (2000). ''The Nashville Chronicles: The Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece.'' New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684865432 9780684865430. After a rush of critical acclaim, ABC expressed interest in a proposal for a ten-hour miniseries of "Nashville," based on the footage not used in the final cut, but plans for the project were scrapped.pages 292-294 The additional footage has not been made available on DVD releases.
Responses
The movie was widely despised by the mainstream country-music community at the time of its release, with many artists believing it was ridiculing their talent and sincerity.p. 304 Since then, however, the songs (most of them composed by the film's actors themselves) have achieved a certain popularity in alternative-country circles, well away from the world of the music establishment. In 2002, a CD ''Tribute to Robert Altman's Nashville'' was released, featuring new interpretations of the movie's songs by Canadian alt-country figures Carolyn Mark, Kelly Hogan, and Neko Case.
Awards
The film won an Oscar for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song - Motion Picture (awarded to Keith Carradine for "I'm Easy"). In addition, Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin were nominated for Best Supporting Actress Altman was nominated for Best Director, and the film itself for Best Picture. Won a BAFTA Film Award for "Best Sound Track." Altman won for best director from: Cartagena Film Festival; Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards; National Board of Review; National Society of Film Critics Awards; and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
On January 18, 2007, the movie was named number '59' on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition list, after not having appeared on the original list in 1998.
Legacy
Plans were discussed for a sequel to ''Nashville'', set twelve years later and titled ''Nashville 12'', and most of the original players agreed to appear. In the script for the sequel, Lily Tomlin's character, Linnea, is running for political office; and Barnett now managing Connie White and obsessed with a Barbara Jean impersonator. pages 305-306
The 1992 presidential campaign of H. Ross Perot is reminiscent of the campaign of the "Replacement Party" and its candidate in this film, Hal Phillip Walker, the fictional candidate with a twang in his voice and a penchant for folksy maxims.
The shooting of Barbara Jean by a deranged loner at Nashville's Parthenon foreshadowed the murder of John Lennon in 1980; in interviews on the DVD, Altman remarks that after Lennon's death, reporters questioned the director about "Nashville" and its harbinger of the assassination of a music star.
:Robert Altman: ''"When John Lennon got assassinated, I get a call immediately from the Washington Post and they said'' 'do you feel responsible for this?' ''and I said 'what do you mean responsible?' '' 'Well I mean you're the one that predicted there would be a political assassination of a star'. '' 'And I said 'well I don't feel responsible', but I said, 'but don't you feel responsible for not heeding my warning?' The statement here is, these people are not assassinated because of their ideas or what they do. They're assassinated to draw attention to the assassin. And in political assassinations, in their sort of warped minds, they know that they are going to have a certain amount of people who said ' That son of a bitch should have been shot [the politician],' because there's such heat about it. But actually what their are doing is killing somebody who's in the public eye and is some sort of an icon. Because this feeling that by, doing that, committing that assassination they draw the attention to them self, and they make themselves consequently important. Ah, and its no surprise to me, the Lennon assassination, because this is what all that is, and I don't think we have seen the end of it either."''
: (From the "Commentary by Robert Altman" on the DVD extra: )
Notes
:a) p. 276
:b) Ibid., 292-294
:c) Ibid., 304
:d) Ibid., 305-306
External links
★
★ Salon.com's 25th anniversary tribute
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