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Overview
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Release Date:
16 August 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
Kansas City, 1934. Anything could happen here. One night it did.
Plot:
Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930's Kansas City...
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Plot Keywords:
1930s
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Jazz
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Irish American
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Mafia
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Independent Film
Awards:
3 wins
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1 nomination
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I found the movie very interesting
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Blondie O'Hara |
 | Miranda Richardson | ... | Carolyn Stilton |
 | Harry Belafonte | ... | Seldom Seen |
 | Michael Murphy | ... | Henry Stilton |
 | Dermot Mulroney | ... | Johnny O'Hara |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | Johnny Flynn |
 | Brooke Smith | ... | Babe Flynn |
 | Jane Adams | ... | Nettie Bolt |
| Jeff Feringa | ... | Addie Parker |
| A.C. Tony Smith | ... | Sheepshan Red (as A.C. Smith) |
| Martin Martin | ... | 'Blue' Green |
| Albert J. Burnes | ... | Charlie Parker |
| Ajia Mignon Johnson | ... | Pearl Cummings |
 | Tim Snay | ... | Rally Speaker |
| Tawanna Benbow | ... | Rose |
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Rated R for language, and for some violence and drug use.
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Runtime:
116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
France:Unrated |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-14 |
Germany:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Trivia:
Robert Altman grew up in Kansas City.
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Plot holes: After his wife is kidnapped by a robber's wife, Stilton uses a phone to enlist the aid of the governor to free the robber, who is being held by some Kansas City jazz club characters he ripped off. And the governor complies, even though Stilton never identifies the robber by name, the name of the people who were robbed or even the name of the club were the robber is being held captive.
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Quotes:
Carolyn Stilton:
[after being forced to reveal the pet names she and her husband use] What a terrible invasion of privacy!
Blondie O'Hara: Yeah, ain't it?
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Blondie O'Hara: Yeah, ain't it?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV)
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The movie was obviously a musical satire of the political and social conditions in Americain that era (and to some degree today. Even if Altman did experience it first hand, he it he obviously did research and wrote as well as directed a movie that was right on the money. I found everyone's performance to be excellent and if you could not understand some of Belafontes lines it didn't detract from his role, nor did the performances of the rest of the cast as the movie was meant to make you think............as well as be entertained. As for a story line..........unless you know nothing of the past........it was right in your face.