McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

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Original Title :	McCabe &, Mrs. Miller
Director :	Robert Altman
Writer :	Robert Altman Warren Beatty Brian McKay Edmund Naughton
Genre :	Drama
	Western
Country :	USA
Language :	English
Producer :	Mitchell Brower , Robert Eggenweiler , David Foster
Music :	Leonard Cohen
Photography :	Vilmos Zsigmond
IMDB ID :	0067411
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) - Robert Altman

Starring

Warren Beatty		John McCabe
Julie Christie		Constance Miller
Rene 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
Antony Holland		Hollander
Hugh Millais		Butler
Manfred Schulz		Kid
Jace Van Der Veen		Breed (as Jace Vander Veen
Jackie Crossland		Lily
Elizabeth Murphy		Kate
Carey Lee McKenzie		Alma
Thomas Hill		Archer (as Tom Hill
Linda Sorenson		Blanche (as Linda Sorensen
Elizabeth Knight		Birdie (as Elisabeth Knight
Janet Wright		Eunice
Maysie Hoy		Maisie
Linda Kupecek		Ruth
Jeremy Newson		Jeremy Berg
Wayne Robson		Bartender
Jack Riley		Riley Quinn
Robert Fortier		Town drunk
Wayne Grace		Bartender
Wesley Taylor		Shorty Dunn
Anne Cameron		Mrs. Dunn
Graeme Campbell		Bill Cubbs
J.S. Johnson		J.J.
Joe Clarke		Joe Shortreed
Harry Frazier		Andy Anderson
Edwin Collier		Gilchrist
Terence Kelly		Quigley
Brantley F. Kearns		Fiddler
Don Francks		Buffalo
Rodney Gage		Sumner Washington
Lili Francks		Mrs. Washington
Joan Maguire		Townswoman
Harvey Lowe		Townsman
Eric Schneider		Townsman
Milos Zatovic		Townsman
Claudine Melgrave		Townswoman
Derek Keurvorst		Townsman (as Derek Deurvorst
Alex Diakun		Townsman (as Alexander Diakun
Gordon Robertson		Townsman

Plot

Set in winter in the Old West. 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. The whorehouse thrives and 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. He refuses, and his decision has major repercussions for him, Mrs. Miller, and the town.

Comments

** 1/2 out of **** The story of entrepreneur John McCabe (Warren Beatty), who sets up a whorehouse in a western town with the help of Constance Miller (Julie Christie) is interesting but ultimately too difficult to be worthwhile.A beautifully constructed movie, it creates tons of atmosphere, with the music, cinematography, and sets all perfectly setting the tone.The fault of the movie lies in an unfocused plot that really never gets the movie anywhere.I understand that the movie isn't about plot, but rather tone and atmosphere.However, it is necessary that a movie maintains some form of interest throughout its course, and for me, this movie failed to do so.It was beautifully to take in for the first fifteen or twenty minutes whileI experienced the atmospheric look at the west, but when the plot began to go nowhere I found that the atmosphere was really all the movie had going for it.So, while I admire its craftsmanship and appreciate Altman's directorial talents, it provided little entertainment and offered little satisfaction when all was said and done.