Cookie's Fortune
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Directed by Robert Altman.
With Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler.
US, 1999, 35mm, color, 118 min.
Print source: Focus Features
With Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler.
US, 1999, 35mm, color, 118 min.
Print source: Focus Features
Despite subject matter that includes murder, suicide and racism, Cookie’s Fortune is one of Altman’s gentlest works, an exemplar of the mellowing in his last films. Although it does not feature a vast web of characters, the screenplay about a family willing to scapegoat its longtime handyman to preserve its reputation and fortune provides a number of leading roles for women, which was doubtless part of its appeal for the director. Beyond the central figures, Altman finds time to lovingly depict the pleasures of life in a small Southern town.
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