Movies

Links to the movies:

M*A*S*H (1970)

Brewster McCloud (1970)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

Nashville (1975)

3 Women (1977)

Popeye (1980)

(See the Popeye Origins page for some old Popeye comic strips and cartoons to

give you some context.)

The Player (1992)

Other Altman movies we’re not watching together but we all should watch anyway:

The Delinquents (1957)

Countdown (1968)

That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

Images (1972)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

Thieves Like Us (1974)

California Split (1974)

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)

A Wedding (1978)

Quintet (1979)

A Perfect Couple (1979)

Health (1980)

Popeye was considered a failure by the studio, and Altman moved to Paris and stopped making Hollywood movies. All through the ’80s he made low-budget adaptations of stage plays, the first of which is Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. I love this movie, but I am skipping over the rest of his ’80s movies. In 1990 Altman’s comeback began with Vincent & Theo, followed in 1992 by the very successful The Player. ’90s Hollywood seemed very excited to see him return, with more ensemble-cast fare like Short Cuts and Prêt-à-Porter. In the naughties he made several more well-received films like Cookie’s Fortune (1999), Dr. T & the Women, and Gosford Park, before ending his career with the very lame Prairie Home Companion. Okay I changed my mind; I’ll add the ’80s movies as well.

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

Streamers (1983)

Secret Honor (1984)

Fool for Love (1985)

O.C. and Stiggs (1987)

Beyond Therapy (1987)

Vincent & Theo (1990)

Short Cuts (1993)

Prêt-à-Porter (1994)

Kansas City (1996)

The Gingerbread Man (1998)

Cookie’s Fortune (1999)

Dr. T & the Women (2000)

Gosford Park (2001)

The Company (2003)

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

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