

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Direction
Altman's overlapping dialogue creates beautiful, messy symphonies.
Editing
Twenty-four characters, zero protagonists, somehow it works.
Writing
Actors wrote their own songs—Ronee Blakley's breakdown is unscripted magic.

Director
Robert Altman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during America's bicentennial, the film predicted celebrity politics decades before reality TV presidents. Altman literally invented the modern ensemble.
The entire cast lived together in Nashville during filming. Keith Carradine's 'I'm Easy' won an Oscar despite being improvised in character.