3 Women

Robert Altman

 
3 Women (Criterion Blu-Ray)

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  • United States
  • 1977
  • 124 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.35:1
  • English
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  • Spine #230

SYNOPSIS: In a dusty, underpopulated California resort town, a naive southern waif, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), idolizes and befriends her fellow nurse, the would-be sophisticate and “thoroughly modern” Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall). When Millie takes Pinky in as her roommate, Pinky’s hero worship evolves into something far stranger and more sinister than either could have anticipated. Featuring brilliant performances from Spacek and Duvall, this dreamlike masterpiece from Robert Altman careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.

Cast & CreditsOpen

Cast

Credits

DirectorRobert Altman
WriterRobert Altman
ProducerRobert Altman
Director of photographyChuck Rosher
MusicGerald Busby
EditingDennis Hill
Art directorJames D. Vance
Production executive / First assistant directorTommy Thompson
Associate producersRobert Eggenweiller and Scott Bushnell
MuralsBodhi Wind

Disc Features

  • High-definition digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
  • Audio commentary featuring director Robert Altman
  • Galleries of rare production and publicity stills
  • Original theatrical trailers and television spots
  • PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt

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Film Essays

3 Women: Dream Project

By David SterrittApril 19, 2004

“Sometimes I feel like little Eva, running across the ice . . . with the dogs yapping at my ass,” Robert Altman said in 1976, the year before 3 Women debuted. “Maybe the reason I’m doing all this Read more »


Videos


Interviews

A Dream Team: Patricia Resnick on 3 Women

By Sam WassonSeptember 28, 2011

As a film student at the University of Southern California, new to LA and without connections, Patricia Resnick had a habit of following film trucks, just to see where they’d lead. One took her to Westwood and the set of California Split (1974).


Book Notes

Robert Altman: The Oral Biography

By David SterrittFebruary 05, 2010

Robert Altman: The Oral Biography (Knopf) begins with an epigram that pretty well sums up Altman’s attitude toward “truth” and “realism” in cinema and life. “I don’t think anybody remembers Read more »