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McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971 · 120 min

A cold, hazy, snowbound drift through ambition and loss, with overlapping voices and mournful songs making it feel like a fading memory.

Directed by: Robert Altman
Genres: Drama, Western
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois

Tagline: The story of a gambling man and a hustling lady and the empire they fashioned from the wilderness.
Overview: A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

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Directed by: Robert Altman
Genres: Drama, Western
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
class
power
isolation
love
Places: small town
wilderness
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, western
Directed by: Robert Altman
Written by: Brian McKay, Robert Altman
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Corey Fischer, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall
Music: Leonard Cohen
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Runtime: 120 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Cantonese

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