Complete credited cast: | |||
Shelley Duvall | ... | Millie Lammoreaux | |
Sissy Spacek | ... | Pinky Rose | |
Janice Rule | ... | Willie Hart | |
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Robert Fortier | ... | Edgar Hart |
Ruth Nelson | ... | Mrs. Rose | |
John Cromwell | ... | Mr. Rose | |
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Sierra Pecheur | ... | Ms. Bunweill |
Craig Richard Nelson | ... | Dr. Maas | |
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Maysie Hoy | ... | Doris |
Belita Moreno | ... | Alcira | |
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Leslie Ann Hudson | ... | Polly |
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Patricia Ann Hudson | ... | Peggy |
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Beverly Ross | ... | Deidre |
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John Davey | ... | Dr. Norton |
Pinky is an awkward adolescent who starts work at a spa in the California desert. She becomes overly attached to fellow spa attendant, Millie when she becomes Millie's room-mate. Millie is a lonely outcast who desperately tries to win attention with constant up-beat chatter. They hang out at a bar owned by a strange pregnant artist and her has-been cowboy husband. After two emotional crises, the three women steal and trade personalities until they settle into a new family unit that seems to give each woman what she was searching for. Written by danetta cox cordova
Indeed, few movies can haunt you 40 years after you've first seen them. Not only that, even after you've seen them 20 times, still leaving you with a desire to see them again and again? 3 Women is just such a movie. From it's haunting Gerald Busby score, to Bodhi Wind's arresting murals, to the captivating performances by Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek to Robert Altman's deft writing and direction. This is a movie which will haunt you and fascinate you.
I knew this movie was no ordinary movie when I seemed to be the only one in that 1977 audience who caught onto Shelley's disobedient skirt. Things began to appear slanted just off center - you just didn't know how off center they were. And that was and is the magic of this film. You never know what utter ridiculous impossibility of life will take hold of you and bring you through such a unusual journey.
Even as the credits start to roll, you begin to wonder: what have I just witnessed? what does this mean? why does it leave me wanting for answers?
Only after you've seen it as many times as I have do you stop asking those questions and accept all of these occurrences as another window in the mind of a genius, which is Robert Altman. With all due respect to Nashville, this is his pinnacle of achievement.