Set in the nation's music capital. The film weaves the stories of twenty-four characters; from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress, into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical.
2 videodiscs (160 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 surround video file DVD video region 1 polychrome
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Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated MPAA rating: R
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Features: audio commentary featuring director Robert Altman; Documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with actors Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Allan Nicholls, and Lily Tomlin, screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury, assistant director Alan Rudolph, and Altman's widow, Kathryn Reed Altman; Three archival interviews with Altman; Behind-the-scenes footage; Demo of Carradine performing his songs from the film; Trailer ; Booklet featuring an essay by critic Molly Haskell Originally released as a motion picture in 1975 Title from container Music arranged and supervised by Richard Baskin ; edited by Sidney Levin, Dennis Hill ; wardrobe, Jules Melillo ; director of photography, Paul Lohmann David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Timothy Brown, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert DoQui, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Allan Nicholls, Dave Peel, Cristina Raines, Bert Remsen, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles, Keenan Wynn DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround For private home use only Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
