#230: ALTMAN, Robert: 3 Women (1977)

ALTMAN, Robert (United States)

3 Women [1977]

Spine #230
DVD

In a dusty, underpopulated California resort town, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), a naîve and impressionable Southern waif from Texas, begins her life as a nursing home attendant. There she finds her role model in fellow nurse "Thoroughly Modern" Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall), a misguided would-be sophisticate and hopeless devotee of Cosmopolitan and Woman's Day magazines. When Millie accepts Pinky into her home at the Purple Sage singles' complex, Pinky's hero-worship evolves into something far stranger and more sinister than either could have anticipated. Featuring brilliant performances from Spacek and Duvall, Robert Altman's dreamlike masterpiece 3 Women careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.

124 minutes
Color

Monaural

2:35:1 aspect ratio

Criterion Release 2004

Director/Writer

Robert Altman was 52 when he wrote and directed 3 Women.

Other Altman films in the Collection:

#827: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
#683: Nashville (1975)
#257: Secret Honor (1984)
#258: Tanner '88 (1988)

#812: The Player (1992)
#265: Short Cuts (1993)

The Film

The Extras

The Booklet

Six-page wraparound featuring an essay by David Sterritt.

Commentary

By director Altman.

Stills gallery

Of rare production and publicity stills.

Original theatrical trailer and television spots

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