Rent Luck, Trust and Ketchup (1993)
3.4 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
Presenting the first look into the vibrant world of consummate filmmaker Robert Altman, film reveals the organic evolution of 'Short Cuts', one of the director's ensemble masterpieces, as he adapts Raymond Carver's trenchant stories into the genre he perfected. Granting directors Mike Kaplan and video pioneer John Dorr unprecedented access to his 22 stars and creative team throughout filming, we witness Altman's legendary "improvisational" process, the entertaining insights of his collaborators , and his unique observations on life, art and culture. Whether it's Jack Lemmon's excitement at performing his egg trick, Julianne Moore's description of her breakthrough role, Peter Gallagher's choreography in chain-sawing furniture, artist Don Bachardy capturing the cast on canvas , poet Tess Gallagher, Carver's widow, surprising Altman with a Carver gift, or the maestro himself cracking up during Jennifer Jason Leigh's phone sex calls, film unfolds with the natural flow of an Altman film, which perhaps caused him to say, "I never thought it would be this artful". - Actors:
- Robert Altman, Tim Robbins, Fred Ward, Matthew Modine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, Madeleine Stowe, Lily Tomlin, Stephen Altman, Raymond Carver, Bruce Davison, Buck Henry, Jack Lemmon, Huey Lewis, Lyle Lovett, Chris Penn
- Directors:
- John Dorr, Mike Kaplan
- Producers:
- John Dorr, Mike Kaplan
- Creators:
- Robert Altman, Raymond Carver
- Writers:
- Raymond Carver
- Aka:
- Luck, Trust and Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
- Studio:
- Drakes Avenue
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Frances McDormand
