Nashville

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Nashville

R,

1975,

2h 37m,

Comedy/

Drama/

Musical

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In this acclaimed Robert Altman drama, the lives of numerous people in the Tennessee capital intersect in unpredictable ways. Delbert Reese (Ned Beatty) is a lawyer and political organizer who is having difficulties in his marriage to Linnea (Lily Tomlin), a gospel vocalist. Other performers heavily featured in this renowned ensemble production include country singers Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) and Connie White (Karen Black), who are rivals in the city's thriving music scene.

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Critics Consensus

Robert Altman captures the bravado and cynicism of the American dream in Nashville, a sprawling epic bursting with vivid performances and an unforgettable soundtrack.

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Will Jones

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Mar 5, 2026

Nashville is the damnedest thing you ever saw since M-A-S-H was the damnedest thing you ever saw. Altman comes the closest he has ever come to challenging his older masterpiece.

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Judith Crist

New York Magazine/Vulture

Feb 27, 2025

This is the deep probe into the American malaise, the film that should be required viewing before we consider "celebration" of a bicentennial. Almost incidentally, it is one of the great American movies.

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Bob Lundegaard

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Feb 27, 2025

There is almost no plot, as such, but Altman's command is so sure that the two-and-a-half hours race by. And more than any recent film, this one repays a second visit, so subtly and carefully has Altman constructed his multiple plots.

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Steve Hogner

Austin American-Statesman

Mar 5, 2026

It is to American film what William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" is to American literature -- an epic definitive statement of the natural undercurrents shaping this nation.

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Ciaran Carty

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Mar 5, 2026

Nobody need bother making a movie to mark the bicentennial of American independence. Robert Altman has already done so with Nashville... It will probably come to be accepted as the definitive American movie of all time.

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Mary MacGoris

Irish Independent

Mar 5, 2026

We've had all the phoniness of American elections before, better done, and if we don't know all about the hollow glamour of stardom, achieved or aspiring, it's not for want of telling.

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Jan 26, 2019

The best, GREATEST movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung: I'm Easy!

Theodore W

Oct 1, 2018

An absolutely horrible film. Not funny. Not clever. Just a bunch of vignettes that seemingly are supposed to lead to the surprising finish. You're actually hoping it will end, any way you can get it. I am amazed at the ratings I see here, frankly.

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Theodore G

Jul 2, 2017

Nashville is the undisputed best of films about the search for the American Dream, with great laughs and poignance, and craftsmanship that is unmatched even with Altman's other work.

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Albus M

Jul 2, 2017

Brilliant, meandering story about a time and place and people with real humanity. Great songs and something you could watch over and over again and always find something new.

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Han G

Mar 24, 2017

What a spectacle and epic movie. Following the lives of all these different characters was so interesting and gravitating to look at. I couldn't help but pay attention the whole time to see what would happen next. Again Robert Altman doesn't disappoint. And with an awesome soundtrack and setting in Nashville, the film really does come alive and you feel like your a part of it all. Deserves a re-watch.

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Hagrid L

Nov 3, 2012

In "Nashville" Robert Altman has made THE great American dramatic musical. Years later you'll remember large sections of it easily, and happily.

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Tom Frank

Lily Tomlin

Linnea Reese

Karen Black

Connie White

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Synopsis

In this acclaimed Robert Altman drama, the lives of numerous people in the Tennessee capital intersect in unpredictable ways. Delbert Reese (Ned Beatty) is a lawyer and political organizer who is having difficulties in his marriage to Linnea (Lily Tomlin), a gospel vocalist. Other performers heavily featured in this renowned ensemble production include country singers Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) and Connie White (Karen Black), who are rivals in the city's thriving music scene.

Director: Robert Altman
Producer: Robert Altman
Screenwriter: Joan Tewkesbury
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 2h 37m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)

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