McCabe & Mrs. Miller / Warner Bros. ; screenplay by Robert Altman and Brian McKay ; produced by David Foster and Mitchell Brower ; directed by Robert Altman.
Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. Shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to help McCabe run his business and the whorehouse thrives. McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw...
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Language: | English French Spanish Portuguese Japanese |
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In English or French; subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Japanese. |
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Burbank, Calif. :
Warner Home Video,
[2002], ©2002.
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Edition: | Widescreen version. |
Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
McCabe and Mrs. Miller. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. Shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to help McCabe run his business and the whorehouse thrives. McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. Soon, however, the mining deposits in the town attract the attention of a major corporation, which wants to buy out McCabe along with the rest. His decision has major repercussions for him, Mrs. Miller, and the town. |
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Note: | Based on the novel "McCabe" by Edmund Naughton. Special features: Audio commentary by Altman and Foster, behind-the-scenes documentary, trailer, subtitles in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | AJ6 D0015459 VideoDVD PN1995.9.W4 M33 2002 VideoDVD |
Audience: |
Rated R. |
ISBN: | 9780790765228 : 0790765225 : |
Credits: | Photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; film editor, Louis Lombardo ; songs, Leonard Cohen. |
System Details: | DVD, Dolby mono. |
Cast: |
Warren Beatty (McCabe), Julie Christie (Constance Miller), René Auberjonois (Sheehan), William Devane (The Lawyer), John Schuck (Smalley), Corey Fischer (Mr. Elliot), Bert Remsen (Bart Coyle), Shelley Duvall (Ida Coyle), Keith Carradine (Cowboy), Michael Murphy (Sears), Tom Hill (Archer), Hugh Millais (Butler), Manfred Schulz (Kid), Jace Van Der Veen (Breed), Linda Sorenson (Blanche), Janet Wright (Eunice), Jack Riley (Riley Quinn), Graeme Campbell (Bill Cobbs), Don Francks (Buffalo). |