nashville (1975 movie)

Nashville is a 1975 film which mixes the story of U.S. presidential politics with the story of the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. The ensemble cast features David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Allen Garfield, Henry Gibson, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Lily Tomlin, Gwen Welles and Keenan Wynn. The movie was written by Joan Tewkesbury and directed by Robert Altman. It has the trademark Altman overlapping dialogue and huge casts. The actors and actresses were required to write and perform their own songs live for the movie, as opposed to the usual "playback" method of performing songs on film. It won an Oscar for Best Music, Song (Keith Carradine for I'm Easy) and was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress (Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin), Best Director and Best Picture categories. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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