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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   3,444 votes
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Director:
Robert Altman
Writers (WGA):
Neve Campbell (story) &
Barbara Turner (story) ...
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Release Date:
5 February 2004 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Plot:
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer (Campbell) who's poised to become a principal performer. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
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The Long Hello more (117 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Neve Campbell ... Loretta 'Ry' Ryan

Malcolm McDowell ... Alberto Antonelli

James Franco ... Josh
Barbara E. Robertson ... Harriet (as Barbara Robertson)

William Dick ... Edouard
Susie Cusack ... Susie
Marilyn Dodds Frank ... Mrs. Ryan
John Lordan ... Mr. Ryan
Mariann Mayberry ... Stepmother

Roderick Peeples ... Stepfather
Yasen Peyankov ... Justin's Mentor
Davis C. Robertson ... Alec - Joffrey Dancer (as Davis Robertson)
Deborah Dawn ... Deborah - Joffrey Dancer
John Gluckman ... John - Joffrey Dancer
David Gombert ... Justin - Joffrey Dancer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Company - Das Ensemble (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 on appeal for brief strong language, some nudity and sexual content.
Runtime:
Canada:112 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:112 min | Argentina:112 min
Country:
Germany | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
Iceland:L | France:U | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (re-rating on appeal) | Argentina:Atp | USA:R (original rating) (certificate #39884) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more

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Trivia:
Whilst developing the screenplay with Barbara Turner, producer-star Neve Campbell kept referring to it as "Altmanesque". She didn't for a minute think that Altman would be interested, especially as he was just coming off the back of the successful Gosford Park (2001). She was very surprised then to learn that Altman was a personal friend of Turner's for many years. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Ry gets out of the bath behind the screen, it's clear she's wearing a body stocking. more
Quotes:
Alberto Antonelli: Thinking about the motion isn't being the motion. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in O Lucky Malcolm! (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Tensile Involvement more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
The Long Hello, 26 June 2004
9/10
Author: tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach

Lets hope that Altman makes films for another 20 years and that he stays as adventuresome as he currently is.

In 'The Long Goodbye' Altman invented a rather new camera stance, literally asking the actors to improvise staging and having the camera discovering them.

It took a few decades for him to get back to such experiments with 'Gosford.' Now he takes it even further with perhaps the purest problem in film cinematography: how do you film dance?

Forget that this features Campbell in a vanity role: she is good enough and doesn't detract. Forget about any modicum of plot: there isn't any. And unlike 'Nashville' or the similarly selfreferential 'Player' there is no cynical commentary.

The commentary itself is selfreferential this time. Yes, this time the center of the film is how 'Mr A' orchestrates movement and images. This is most of all about himself, and is far, far more intelligent and subtle than say, 'Blowup.'

But along the way, you get possibly the best dance experience on film. That's because they've been able to use many cameras. There are not as many as 'Dancer in the Dark,' but each camera dances, engages with the dance and the dance of people and objects around the dance. So we get four layers of dance: the actual ballet, the orchestration of people around the production, the dancing cameras (enhanced by non-radical appearing radical editing) and the dance within the mind of Mr A who encourages, follows and captures them all.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.

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