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McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a 1971 American revisionist Western film directed by Robert Altman and starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. The screenplay by Altman and Brian McKay is based on the 1959 novel McCabe by Edmund Naughton. [3]
McCabe & Mrs. Miller offers revisionist Western fans a landmark early addition to the genre while marking an early apogee for director Robert Altman. Charismatic gambler John McCabe (Warren...
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Jul 8, 1971 · McCabe & Mrs. Miller: Directed by Robert Altman. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane. A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
McCabe is tracked through the town by three hired killers, including the young gunslinger. The snow falls so heavily, blowing at a slant, it is like unheard music. In some movies, the hero gets killed, and then there is a shot of his woman, looking sad.
With its fascinating, flawed characters, evocative cinematography by the great Vilmos Zsigmond, innovative overlapping dialogue, and haunting use of Leonard Cohen songs, McCabe & Mrs. Miller brilliantly deglamorized and revitalized the most American of genres.
She is down at the foot of town, in Chinatown, lost in an opium dream while the snow drifts against his body. "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" is like no other Western ever made, and with it, Robert Altman earns his place as one of the best contemporary directors.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller. A deeply moving film about love and the pursuit of wealth in earlyAmerica. McCabe, a small time gambler and Mrs. Miller a madam, go into"business" together. 588 IMDb 7.6 2 h 1 min 1972. X-Ray R. Drama · Western · Anxious · Atmospheric. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.69. Buy. HD $10.49. More purchase. options.
Jul 26, 2023 · The wary almost-romance between Beatty and Christie is just one of the gruff enchantments of Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller, set in a Washington state boomtown called Presbyterian...
Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a young Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. The shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to use her experience to help McCabe run his business, while sharing in the profits.
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
