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Spoiler-free premise

Performers, politicians, and drifters converge in Nashville during a hectic week of music and campaigning.

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Over five days in Nashville, twenty-four singers, musicians, politicians, fans, journalists, workers, and drifters cross during concerts and a populist presidential campaign. Public performance and private ambition converge toward a large outdoor rally.

Why it belongs

Robert Altman makes a city audible through overlapping dialogue, live songs, political noise, and twenty-four characters sharing no single center.

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Airport arrivals, recording studios, hospitals, clubs, campaign vans, open microphones, and songs performed in full let public culture emerge from simultaneous lives. The mobile camera continually discovers relationships inside crowds.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Academy Awards1 win1976 · official ceremony record ↗

Plus 1 additional win

No headline-category win to name

Golden Globes1 win1976 · official film record ↗

Plus 1 additional win

No headline-category win to name

BAFTA1 win1976 · official BAFTA 1976 Film Awards results ↗

Plus 1 additional win

No headline-category win to name

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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Institutional reference ranks

Sight & Sound114IMDb Top 250—AFI 10059
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Great Cinema Master List scores

Greatness9.4
Engagement8.2
Ease6.8

English · Not Rated
Narrative Feature
Mood: Absorbing & Reflective