Rent Nashville (1975)
3.7 of 5 from 177 ratings
2h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Taking place over five days in the nation's music capital Nashville, Tennessee, the film follows two-dozen characters struggling for fulfilment, both personal and professional, amongst a backdrop of country and gospel musicians, outsider political campaigning, and the peripheries of life inbetween, building from one encounter at a time to create a wide-ranging tapestry of rich drama and human comedy.
- Actors:
- Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Timothy Brown, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Do'Qui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines
- Directors:
- Robert Altman
- Producers:
- Robert Altman
- Voiced By:
- Joan Tewkesbury
- Writers:
- Joan Tewkesbury
- Others:
- Keith Carradine, Gwen Welles, Jim Webb, Chris McLaughlin, Richard Portman, William A Sawyer
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/06/2014
- Run Time:
- 160 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature-length Audio Commentary by Director Robert Altman, Recorded in 2000
- Two Archival Video Interviews with Altman
- Video Interview with Screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury
- Video Interview with Actor Michael Murphy
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of Nashville
Nashville Skyline - Nashville review by CM
We watched 'Nashville' again this week (2014), which I saw when it was new in 1977. I think it's Altman's masterpiece, a powerful & affecting tribute to country music, a sideswipe at the music & media industry, & an atmospheric elegy to an innocence that was departing post-Watergate & post-Vietnam, dancing, as so often with Altman, on the verge of chaos. Excellent performances, & Ronee Blakley is luminous as a fragile, gifted country singer. One to watch again.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Compelling. A film that grows with meaning with every watch - Nashville review by SN
At first, this film feels a little scattershot. The theme of the film is the spirit of Nashville itself and how music and entertainment are used by politicians to curry favour with the electorate. Over 20 characters are connected to each other just by the fact they live and work around the same places but there is no meaningful depth to their interaction. They are just people getting on with their lives. It all coalesces at the end when they are all together at a political rally.
What makes this film exceptional is that the film stays with you long after the credits roll. Altman was trying to say a lot about American culture and human beings. What makes us tick, what we look to our music stars and what we project on them for inspiration when these people are just as broken. The ending of the film is perfect. Not being a fan of Country and Western I was shocked by how good and meaningful the music is. I recommend you turn the volume up when you watch it to get the most from the music. The Blu Ray quality is exceptional.
This is a masterful film because it says so much and lets you do all the work in understanding the subtext.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.