Nashville
original movie poster
Directed by	Robert Altman
Produced by	Robert Altman
Written by	Joan Tewkesbury
Starring	Ned Beatty Keith Carradine Geraldine Chaplin Scott Glenn Shelley Duvall
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	11 June 1975 (premiere)
Running time	159 min.
Language	English
Budget	USD$2,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

Nashville is a 1975 film which mixes themes of U.S. presidential politics with those of the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. The large ensemble cast features David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Shelley Duvall, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Elliott Gould, Barbara Harris, David Hayward, Michael Murphy, Cristina Raines, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles and Keenan Wynn. Image File history File links 49793. ... Filmmaker Robert Altman on the set of The Gingerbread Man. ... Filmmaker Robert Altman on the set of The Gingerbread Man. ... Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936 in Redlands, California, USA), is a film and television director, screenwriter, producer, and actress. ... Ned Beatty Ned Thomas Beatty (born Louisville, Kentucky July 6, 1937 to Charles William Beatty and Margaret Lennis) is an American character actor, who has appeared in over 100 films. ... 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The movie was written by Joan Tewkesbury and directed by Robert Altman. The film features the trademark Altman overlapping dialogue and huge casts. The actors and actresses were required to write and perform their own songs live for the movie, as opposed to the usual "playback" method of performing songs on film. Improvisation was also central to the making of the film. Several storylines are woven together, and by the final half-hour, they all coalesce in the final sequence at Nashville's Parthenon. Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936 in Redlands, California, USA), is a film and television director, screenwriter, producer, and actress. ... Filmmaker Robert Altman on the set of The Gingerbread Man. ...

The film won an Oscar for Best Original Song (Keith Carradine for "I'm Easy"), and was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress (Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin), Best Director and Best Picture categories. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Carradine performed "I'm Easy" at the famed (and, as of 2005, still-extant) performance venue the "Exit/In". Most significant for the film itself, however, is its theme piece, heard sporadically throughout, and then brought to a climax at the end: "It Don't Worry Me", the refrain of which is clearly the unifying theme of the movie itself: "It don't worry me, it don't worry me. You may say that I ain't free, but it don't worry me." Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Great Hall interior. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Many of the characters in the film are based on real country music figures: Henry Gibson's Haven Hamilton is a composite of Roy Acuff, Hank Snow and Porter Wagoner; Ronee Blakely's Barbara Jean is based on Loretta Lynn; the black country singer Tommy Brown (played by Timothy Brown) is based on Charley Pride; and the feuding folk trio is based on Peter, Paul and Mary. Keith Carradine's character is believed to be inspired by Kris Kristofferson and Karen Black's Connie strongly resembles Lynn Anderson. The 1992 presidential campaign of H. Ross Perot was felt by many to be eerily similar to the campaign of the "Replacement Party" and its candidate in this film, Hal Phillip Walker, the fictional candidate even having a voice remarkably similar to that of Perot's. Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903–23 November 1992) was an American country musician. ... Clarence Eugene Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999), better known as Hank Snow, was a Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter. ... The Porter Wagoner Show, RCA, 1963 Porter Wagoner (born August 12, 1927, in Howell County, Missouri, in the Ozark Mountains) is an American country music singer. ... Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1935) is an American country singer who was the leading country female vocalist during much of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Thomas Allen Brown (b. ... Charley Pride on the cover of one of his several greatest hits albums, from 2003 Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938 in Sledge, Mississippi) is a former Negro League baseball player who became one of the only African Americans to have a successful career in modern country music. ... The trio Peter, Paul and Mary (often PP&M) is an American musical group that was one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. ... Keith Carradine Keith Carradine (born August 8, 1949, in San Mateo, California) is an Academy Award-winning actor born into a family of actors. ... Kris Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an influential country music songwriter, singer and actor. ... Lynn Anderson on the cover of her album The Bluegrass Sessions Lynn Anderson (born September 26, 1947 in Grand Forks, North Dakota) is an American country musician. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman billionaire from Texas best known as a candidate for President of the United States (in 1992 and 1996). ...

The movie was widely despised by the mainstream country-music community at the time, believing it was ridiculing their talent and sincerity. Since then, however, the songs (most of them composed by the film's actors themselves) have achieved a certain popularity in alternative-country circles, well away from the world of the music establishment. In 2002, a CD "Tribute to Robert Altman's Nashville" was released, featuring new interpretations of the movie's songs by the likes of such respected country figures as Carolyn Mark, Kelly Hogan, and Neko Case. Image File history File links Nashville43. ... Carolyn Mark is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. ... Neko Case Neko Case (born September 8, 1970 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and as a member of the New Pornographers. ...

Altman had enough footage to produce a four-hour film, and he considered creating an expanded version of "Nashville" to be broadcast on ABC in two parts, "Nashville Red" and "Nashville Blue." Plans for the project were scrapped, and the additional footage has not been made available on DVD releases.

Plans were discussed for a sequel to "Nashville," set twelve years later and titled "Nashville 12," and most of the original players agreed to appear. In the script for the sequel, Lily Tomlin's character, Linnea, is running for political office.

External link

• Nashville at the Internet Movie Database