Quintet

...him his only Academy Award. Yet, even second-tier Newman - such as "What a Way to Go," in which he's onscreen for maybe 10 minutes, and "Quintet," a not-so-great Robert Altman film - is worth watching. Among the top movies included: "Butch...

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...fans of Altman's movies may feel lost in sections about movies they haven't seen (a few that I have seen, like Altman's dreamlike 1979 film "Quintet," I still can't unscramble). On the other hand, recollections of movies that strike a chord...

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...who died in 2006. Like the weather, Altman was unpredictable; there were sudden highs ("MASH," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller") and lows ("Quintet," "Popeye"), then more highs ("The Player," "Gosford Park"). And as caring as the man could be to...

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...must stay and participate in the tournaments to come, a disgusted Essex condemns the entire practice of Quintet and leaves the Hotel Electra for good. The film ends with another lengthy camera shot, this one showing Essex walking further...

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...'' (2006), Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler. ''Wait Until Dark '' (1967), starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna Quintet (1979), directed by Robert Altman. Shot on the fomer Expo 67 site. The Freshman (1990), starring...

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...to wonder if the same person who loves The Towering Inferno can appreciate Robert Altman's futuristic ice-bound oddball of a movie Quintet (or, indeed, if anyone can). But in addition to a 136-page booklet and other extras, there are some good...

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...career. Here's what you get: Disc 3: From the Terrace Disc 4: Exodus Disc 8: What a Way To Go! Disc 9: Hombre Disc 15: Quintet That said, much of this has found its way on DVD before, so if you have them, you won't find...

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...Corporation. In 1939, as Paul Wittgenstein, who commissioned the work, had fled Austria, Wuhrer performed in the premiere of Schmidt's Quintet for piano, violin, clarinet, viola, and cello in A major, albeit in his own arrangement for two...

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...been a fairly diverse career, peppered with great successes and a few fascinating flops, such as "Buffalo Bill and the Indians" and "Quintet," his Robert Altman puzzlers. Says the star, musing on it all, "It would have been a lot simpler...

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...1969's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1961's "The Hustler" and 1974's "The Towering Inferno," as well as such obscurities as 1979's "Quintet. " Newman, Daily says, was "one of the most important actors of the century, I think, and...

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