Nov 22 2006Robert Altman, R*I*P

robert-altman-dies.jpgLegendary director Robert Altman, whose vast catalog of work includes M*A*S*H, The Player and most-recently A Prairie Home Companion, died Monday. With five Academy Award nominations for best director and a lifetime achievement award, Altman is widely-acknowledged as one of the most influential filmmakers of his time. Though the director revealed earlier this year that he had a heart transplant over a decade prior, it was complications from cancer that killed him. Strangely, to get the off-the-cuff feel he was looking for, his death took 54 takes.

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1. vicsoud - November 23, 2006 6:02 AM

The Name of the last Altman's movie (A Prairie Home Companion ) has been translate in french (?) by : "the last show" : humoristic ? or
premonitory ?

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