- Actors: Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Karen Black
- Directors: Robert Altman
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Paramount
- Release Date: May 15 2012
- Run Time: 160 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6305918880
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#6,332 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #16 in DVD > Drama > Love & Romance > Infidelity & Betrayal
- #26 in DVD > Musicals & Performing Arts > Musicals > Drama
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Product Description
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This 1975 film sits near the top of any list of the best films of the 1970s, perhaps in the top five and, in some people's minds, at the pinnacle itself. Robert Altman, at his most Altmanesque, spins together plot strands involving two dozen people over the course of one particularly busy weekend in Music City, USA. Though several of the story lines deal with country-western stars--played by Henry Gibson, Ronee Blakley and Karen Black--the plot also deals with the country scene's wannabes, the business people who pull the strings and the operative for a mysterious presidential candidate who is trying to get the de facto endorsement of some of the country stars by having them appear at a rally for him. (The unknown but rocketing presidential aspirant was eerily echoed the next year, when Jimmy Carter came out of nowhere to win the presidency.) Blakley is heartbreakingly fragile as a Loretta Lynn-like singer on the verge of total mental meltdown, while Lily Tomlin is outstanding as a housewife-gospel singer who has a dalliance with a randy folk-rock cad, perfectly played by Keith Carradine (who won an Oscar for his song "I'm Easy"). The cast also includes Jeff Goldblum, Scott Glenn, Keenan Wynn, Shelley Duvall, Geraldine Chaplin (hilarious as a fatuous British TV journalist), Barbara Harris, Michael Murphy, and Ned Beatty, with cameos by Elliott Gould and Julie Christie as themselves. Next to Mean Streets, perhaps the most influential film of the decade. --Marshall Fine
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
no surprises
Nov 7 2011
Format:DVD
This hard to find film arrived before the estimated ship date and looked exactly as the seller described it. The disc is pristine and plays perfectly.
Altman's great mosaic of the USA
April 21 2011
Format:DVD
Brilliant, funny, sad and epic look at 1970s U.S., following 24
characters over a few key days in Nashville. An amazing combination of
political satire, hysterical send up of the country music business
and touching and moving character studies.
If one wants to quibble there are minor flaws; overstated performances
at moments, ironies that are a bit too easy, but the overall sweep,
power, the great performances and the sheer number of moments that make
you want to laugh and cry simultaneously, are overwhelming.
Certainly one of the great films of the 70s, and arguably among the
greatest North American films ever made.
How can it be that films like this and 'Annie Hall', parts
of the great film legacy of the last 50 years,
are currently out of print?!?
characters over a few key days in Nashville. An amazing combination of
political satire, hysterical send up of the country music business
and touching and moving character studies.
If one wants to quibble there are minor flaws; overstated performances
at moments, ironies that are a bit too easy, but the overall sweep,
power, the great performances and the sheer number of moments that make
you want to laugh and cry simultaneously, are overwhelming.
Certainly one of the great films of the 70s, and arguably among the
greatest North American films ever made.
How can it be that films like this and 'Annie Hall', parts
of the great film legacy of the last 50 years,
are currently out of print?!?
The Flawed Masterpiece - Defined
Feb 27 2007
Format:DVD
A filmmaker is asking for a pretty sizeable leap of faith from his/her audience when over one hour of their 2'40" movie consists of sung performances (FULL songs, too - that would never happen today), and just about nobody in the cast (save Keith Carradine, and Ronee Blakely - and even she only about 90% of the time) can actually sing. When Lily Tomlin opened her mouth with the gospel choir at the beginning, I nearly ditched the film, thinking "had to be there" about all those praising critics...
Luckily, I stayed with it, and Nashville, as a pure movie, is a masterful work. The dense layers of dialogue, the wide-screen panoramas, the set pieces (the car pileup "happening" being especially effective and awesome), the tossed-off one-liner/payoff ironies which are more a documenting of what everyone in the audience is already thinking than a redundancy - all of it, top-shelf and brilliant.
Also found it intriguing that Ronee Blakely, when singing, is the only character in the entire film I can recall that gets a true close-up - I guess Altman was trying to make her semi-deified, cult of personality status stand out even more.
Altman hits a bull's-eye everywhere else - how could he miss with regard to the actual singing? (The songs, themselves are pretty good for what they are.) I guess if you're going to have the actors write their own lyrics (which he did) then you're kind of commited to go all the way with it. But it doesn't make most of those performances any easier to hear...
Luckily, I stayed with it, and Nashville, as a pure movie, is a masterful work. The dense layers of dialogue, the wide-screen panoramas, the set pieces (the car pileup "happening" being especially effective and awesome), the tossed-off one-liner/payoff ironies which are more a documenting of what everyone in the audience is already thinking than a redundancy - all of it, top-shelf and brilliant.
Also found it intriguing that Ronee Blakely, when singing, is the only character in the entire film I can recall that gets a true close-up - I guess Altman was trying to make her semi-deified, cult of personality status stand out even more.
Altman hits a bull's-eye everywhere else - how could he miss with regard to the actual singing? (The songs, themselves are pretty good for what they are.) I guess if you're going to have the actors write their own lyrics (which he did) then you're kind of commited to go all the way with it. But it doesn't make most of those performances any easier to hear...
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You owe it to yourself to watch this movie
Forget all the reviews going on and on about Nashville's experimental film-making, "nuance," "texture," and "epic scope. Read more
Published on Jan 31 2007 by David Orr
I Guess You Had To Be There
How can anyone get away with mixing meandering naturalism with phony characters? I suppose this is what Hollywood needs to prove to itself that it can create art--a reflexive... Read more
Published on Nov 21 2006 by Trinity Lourdes
One of the 70's greatest films and that's saying a lot!
I am waiting for a better DVD version with more extras and 1:85 ratio 2:35 is too small for me. I do own the video and I have no idea how many times I have watched this movie. Read more
Published on May 30 2004 by Darrell of Georgia
The real Nashville?
Does this movie portray the real Nashville? I don't know; I don't work in the music industry. However, something tells me that this movie really does portray the real Nashville. Read more
Published on May 26 2004 by Stuart Heasman
American Life as a microcosm
An astonishing film, rich in satire and brilliantly executed. Altman manages to weave so many subplots and characters seamlessly. One of his crowning achievements. Read more
Published on April 30 2004 by Matt
What we should mean by patriotism
Robert Altman's 1975 picture remains as enigmatic as ever. The film has a huge cast of 24 actors, most of who appear in only brief scenes with few other characters. Read more
Published on Mar 28 2004 by toby_tsang
incredible film, so-so dvd
i'm biased. i'm an adorer of anything done by robert altman. so it is. but this dvd somehow doesn't seem to do justice to this amazing film. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2004 by Civil Savage
Altmanian Sample of the US...
In the aftermath of the Vietnam war and the Watergate Scandal American people had a large amount of cynicism for the United States government. Read more
Published on Dec 28 2003 by Kim Anehall
Great and entertianing movie
Nashville is one of Altman's best works.I like it very much.
It's soundtrack contains some of the greatest country songs ever
made. Read more
Published on Oct 19 2003
Satirical Masterpiece
It rather surprises me how many people who love film have barely heard of this movie. I suspect that many of my fellow Brits see the title buried in the TV schedules and think,... Read more
Published on Aug 8 2003 by snalen
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