McCabe & Mrs. Miller /
Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. Shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to help McCabe run his business and the whorehouse thrives. McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French |
| Language Notes: | Soundtracks: English and French; optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. Closed-captioned. |
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Burbank, Calif. :
Warner Home Video,
[2002]
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| Edition: | Widescreen version. |
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| Summary: | Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a turn-of-the-century Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. Shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to help McCabe run his business and the whorehouse thrives. McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. Soon, however, the mining deposits in the town attract the attention of a major corporation, which wants to buy out McCabe along with the rest. His decision has major repercussions for him, Mrs. Miller, and the town. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the novel: McCabe / by Edmund Naughton. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Special features: Feature-length audio commentary by director Robert Altman and producer David Foster -- Behind-the-scenes documentary -- Theatrical trailer. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Vilmos Zsigmond ; film editor, Louis Lombardo ; songs, Leonard Cohen. |
| ISBN: | 0790765225 |