Robert Altman dies at 81 (1 Viewer)

[AhrnCityPahnder]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6170376.stm

Robert Altman, acclaimed director of MASH, Nashville and The Player, has died at the age of 81, his production company has announced.

A Hollywood maverick renowned for his improvisational style, he passed away in a Los Angeles hospital on Monday.

A five-time best director nominee at the Academy Awards, he never won the movie industry's top honour.

But he was given an honorary Oscar this year for "a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form".

"No other film-maker has gotten a better shake than I have," he said while accepting the award. "I'm very fortunate in my career.

"I've never had to direct a film I didn't choose or develop. My love for film-making has given me an entree to the world and to the human condition."

Altman's other films included the "revisionist" Western movie McCabe and Mrs Miller, period murder mystery Gosford Park and comic strip adaptation Popeye.

His last film, A Prairie Home Companion, was released in the US earlier this year.

The cause of death was not disclosed.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

 

[Leroy Hoard]

A five-time best director nominee at the Academy Awards, he never won the movie industry's top honour.

Yet one more example of what a joke these awards shows are.

 

[pantagrapher]

:(

 

[scoobygang]

X 1000

He was my favorite living American director. Even his flawed pictures had interesting flaws.

 

[jdoggydogg]

:( A sad day and a true loss to the film world.

 

[Fiddles]

very sad

 

[saintfool]

one of the greats. he was truly an original artist. he will be missed.

 

[Bogart]

Just watched Prairie Home Companion last night. He will be missed.

 

[Eephus]

He leaves behind a tremendous body of work

 

[redman]

Colonel, fair's fair... if I punch Hawkeye and nail Hot-Lips, can I go home too?

RIP Robert :(

 

[Sockmonkey]

meh

 

[Barry]

he made great movies

 

[PatsFanCT]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6170376.stm

The cause of death was not disclosed.

The suspense is killing me.

 

[Drunken Poster]

Watching 3 Women again. Such a mind ####, sober or not.