Directed by Robert Altman
36 Episodes
Born one hundred years ago, Robert Altman made movies that play like the cinematic equivalent of jazz—elastic, improvisational, and thrillingly alive to chance and happenstance. A master of the ensemble epic whose maverick sensibility stood out even in the auteur-driven New Hollywood era, Altman put his subversive, stylistically freewheeling spin on everything from the war movie (MASH) to the western (MCCABE & MRS. MILLER) to the buddy comedy (CALIFORNIA SPLIT) to the art-house psychodrama (3 WOMEN), crafting incisive studies of the American mythos that prioritize spiky moments of character interaction over narrative convention. Imitated by many, matched by none, Altman’s films are worlds unto themselves, teeming with more humanity than a single story can contain.
Programmed by Sean Fennessey
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2:17:28Episode 1Gosford Park
Episode 1
Directed by Robert Altman • 2001 • United Kingdom, United States, Italy
Starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Helen MirrenRobert Altman blends the incisive, upstairs-downstairs class study of Jean Renoir’s THE RULES OF THE GAME with an Agatha Christie–style murder mystery for this delectable, ...
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58:03Episode 2TANNER ’88: Episode 1
Episode 2
“The Dark Horse”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their medi...
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30:13Episode 3TANNER ’88: Episode 2
Episode 3
“For Real”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media camp...
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29:58Episode 4TANNER ’88: Episode 3
Episode 4
“The Night of the Twinkies”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-2013;winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and pres...
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29:03Episode 5TANNER ’88: Episode 4
Episode 5
“Moonwalker and Bookbag”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented th...
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29:14Episode 6TANNER ’88: Episode 5
Episode 6
“Bagels with Bruce”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their m...
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29:55Episode 7TANNER ’88: Episode 6
Episode 7
“Child’s Play”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media ...
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30:06Episode 8TANNER ’88: Episode 7
Episode 8
“The Great Escape”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their me...
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30:14Episode 9TANNER ’88: Episode 8
Episode 9
“The Girlfriend Factor”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented the...
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30:16Episode 10TANNER ’88: Episode 9
Episode 10
“Something Borrowed, Something New”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and p...
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30:02Episode 11TANNER ’88: Episode 10
Episode 11
“The Boiler Room”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their med...
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28:59Episode 12TANNER ’88: Episode 11
Episode 12
“The Reality Check”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United StatesIn 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their m...