"Compared with the carbonated, artificially-flavoured, genetically-modified pap that mainstream cinema dishes up, Robert Altman's Nashville now tastes like a crisp organic apple.” - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
“Certainly, for the American cinema, it is the most epochal event since Orson Welles' CITIZEN KANE.” - Arthur Knight, Hollywood Reporter
“The funniest epic vision of America ever to reach the screen.” - Pauline Kael, New Yorker
Saturday, August 17, 8:30 p.m. | In Robert Altman’s satirical, sprawling musical comedy-drama, numerous individuals—in the political and musical industries of Nashville, Tennessee—intersect and interact over the course of a few hectic days as the city prepares for a political convention. Starring Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin, Ronnee Blakley, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Geraldine Chaplin and Scott Glenn, among others. (Rebecca Fons)
Festivals, Awards & Nominations
Nominee - Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ronee Blakley), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lily Tomlin), Best Director, Academy Awards (1976)
Winner - Best Music, Original Song, Academy Awards
Nominee - Best Foreign Film, César Awards (1976)
Winner - Best Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1976)
Winner - Best Film (tied with Barry Lyndon), National Board of Review (1975)
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The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu