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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a 1971 American Western drama directed and written by Robert Altman, associated with the New Hollywood movement. Set in Washington and filmed in Vancouver, it addresses gambling and prostitution, and stars Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Shelley Duvall, and Keith Carradine, with cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, editing by Lou Lombardo, and music by Leonard Cohen.
Produced by David Foster for Warner Bros. Entertainment, and also distributed through Netflix, the film runs 120 minutes and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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7.2A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Cast
- Warren Beatty as John McCabe
- Julie Christie as Constance Miller
- René Auberjonois as Sheehan
- William Devane as Lawyer
- John Schuck as Smalley
- Corey Fischer as Mr. Elliott
Themes
- based on novel or book
- brothel
- snow
- gambler
- mining town
- washington state
- brothel madam
- opium den
- 1900s
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Altman
- Screenplay by
- Robert Altman Brian McKay
- Based on
- McCabe , (1959 novel), by Edmund Naughton
- Produced by
- David Foster Mitchell Brower
- Starring
- Warren Beatty Julie Christie
- Cinematography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Edited by
- Louis Lombardo
- Production company
- David Foster Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- June 24, 1971 ( 1971-06-24 )
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $8.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- gambling
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Robert Altman
- Screenwriter
- Robert Altman
- Cast member
- Dale Wilson
- Composer
- Leonard Cohen
- Producer
- David Foster
- Cinematographer
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Narrative location
- Washington
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 399719
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1971-12-10
- film editor
- Lou Lombardo
- title
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.6/10
- box office
- 8200000
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Set in Washington State during the early 1900s, the film follows a mysterious gambler and alleged shootist (Beatty) who recruits a British madam (Christie) to run a boomtown brothel, later running afoul of powerful business interests.
Altman referred to it as an "anti-Western" film because it ignores or subverts a number of Western conventions. The film is also noted for its cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, and its soundtrack, which features several songs by Leonard Cohen. Filming took place in British Columbia, Canada in the fall and winter of 1970, and the film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 24, 1971.
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