McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

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  • McCABE & MRS. MILLER


    DIRECTED BY ROBERT ALTMAN
    PRODUCED BY MITCHELL BROWER/ ROBERT EGGENWEILER/ DAVID FOSTER
    DAVID FOSTER PRODUCTIONS
    WARNER BROS.


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    Information from IMDb


    Full Cast
    Warren Beatty ... John McCabe
    Julie Christie ... Constance Miller
    Rene Auberjonois ... Sheehan
    William Devane ... The Lawyer
    John Schuck ... Smalley
    Corey Fischer ... Mr. Elliott
    Bert Remsen ... Bart Coyle
    Shelley Duvall ... Ida Coyle
    Keith Carradine ... Cowboy
    Michael Murphy ... Sears
    Antony Holland ... Hollander
    Hugh Millais ... Butler
    Manfred Schulz ... Kid
    Jace Van Der Veen ... Breed (as Jace Vander Veen)
    Jackie Crossland ... Lily
    Elizabeth Murphy ... Kate
    Carey Lee McKenzie ... Alma
    Thomas Hill ... Archer (as Tom Hill)
    Linda Sorensen ... Blanche
    Elisabeth Knight ... Birdie
    Janet Wright ... Eunice
    Maysie Hoy ... Maisie
    Linda Kupecek ... Ruth
    Jeremy Newson ... Jeremy Berg (as Jeremy Newsom)
    Wayne Robson ... Bartender
    Jack Riley ... Riley Quinn
    Robert Fortier ... Town Drunk
    Wayne Grace ... Bartender
    Wesley Taylor ... Shorty Dunn
    Anne Cameron ... Mrs. Dunn
    Graeme Campbell ... Bill Cubbs
    J.S. Johnson ... J.J.
    Joe Clarke ... Joe Shortreed
    Harry Frazier ... Andy Anderson
    Edwin Collier ... Gilchrist
    Terence Kelly ... Quigley
    Brantley Kearns ... Fiddler (as Brantley F. Kearns)
    Don Francks ... Buffalo
    Rodney Gage ... Sumner Washington
    Lili Francks ... Mrs. Washington
    Joan Tewkesbury ... Townsperson (as Joan McGuire)
    Harvey Lowe ... Townsperson
    Eric Schneider ... Townsperson
    Milos Zatovic ... Townsperson
    Claudine Melgrave ... Townsperson
    Derek Keurvorst ... Townsperson (as Derek Deurvorst)
    Alex Diakun ... Townsperson (as Alexander Diakun)
    Gordon Robertson ... Townsperson
    Jon Bankson ... Townsperson (uncredited)
    William Chu ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Alan Davis ... Townsperson (uncredited)
    Jimmy Eng ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Barry Fowlie ... Townsperson (uncredited)
    Robert W. Hamelin ... Townsperson (uncredited)
    Terence Hill ... Townsperson (uncredited)
    Thomas Ho ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Ed Hong-Louie ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Louanne Hong-Louie ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Paul Lam ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Po Lam Lau ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Anne C.W. Luk ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Bill Yui Seto ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    Barry Tam ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
    John Tuck ... Townsperson (uncredited)
    Dale Wilson ... Townsperson (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Edmund Naughton (novel "McCabe")
    Robert Altman (screenplay) and
    Brian McKay (screenplay)


    Cinematography
    Vilmos Zsigmond


    Trivia
    Many of the people playing small parts, bit roles, and extras were allowed to create their own characters for the movie.


    'Robert Altman''s initial preference for the role of McCabe was Elliott Gould, whom the studio producing the film refused to accept.


    Warren Beatty loved to perform multiple takes of his scenes. Once, when Altman was ready to wrap shooting for the day, Beatty insisted on more takes. Altman left and had his assistant shoot them and Beatty did over thirty takes of the scene. Altman got his revenge by ordering Beatty to do 25 takes of a scene involving Beatty in the snow.


    Editor 'Lou Lombardo' complained that the soundtrack was too "muddy" and asked Altman fix it. Altman refused and later claimed the bad soundtrack was Lombardo's fault.


    The original title of this film was "The Presbyterian Church Wager". It was rejected due to complaints by the church to Warner Bros.


    At the beginning of the film, there is a shot of McCabe lighting a cigarette before crossing the bridge. According to Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick loved that shot and called him up asking him: "How did you know you had it?"


    During post-production on this film, 'Robert Altman' was having a difficult time finding a proper musical score, until he attended a party where the album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" was playing and noticed that several songs from the album seemed to fit in with the overall mood and themes of the movie. Cohen, who had been a fan of Altman's previous film, Brewster McCloud, allowed him to use three songs from the album - "The Stranger Song", "Sisters of Mercy" and "Winter Lady" - although Altman was dismayed when Cohen later admitted that he didn't like the movie. A year later, Altman received a phone call from Cohen, who told him that he changed his mind after re-watching the movie with an audience and now loved it.


    Ranked #8 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Western" in June 2008.


    Keith Carradine's film debut.


    Goofs
    Continuity
    In the saloon, McCabe plays cards and Sheeran lights the lamp while they talk to each other about the bottle of whiskey price. At one point McCabe is shown, from behind, taking the cigar out of his mouth with his left hand and, subsequently, shown from the front, holding the cigar in his mouth with his right hand.


    When the young man in the tall hat is leaving, he hugs each of the girls in turn. In the shot from the front, he the one girl and Ida Coyle is stepping up for her hug. The shot changes to the view from the left, where the hug of the first girl is repeated and Ida Coyle again steps forward.


    Ida gets of the wagon twice.


    Crew or equipment visible
    At 1:41:38 into the film, when McCabe is hiding in the door of the hardware store, a leg and a foot of a crew-member are visible reflected in the window on the left. After the cutaway it is even clearer when the person moves.


    Miscellaneous
    The steam engine was deployable very shortly after the fire was discovered, which would have been possible only if the engine had already been lit.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    British Columbia, Canada
    Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada
    Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
    (town: Bearpaw)
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    (Town of Presbyterian Church)


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a 1971 American Western film
    starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie,
    and directed by Robert Altman.


    The screenplay is based on Edmund Naughton's novel McCabe.
    The director called it an "anti-western film" because the film ignores or subverts
    a number of Western conventions.
    The film has been selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the United States.


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England