Altman

[ awlt-muhn ]

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Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Sidney, 1939–2022, U.S. biologist, born in Canada: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989.

Altman

/ ˈɔːltmən /

AltmanRobert19252006MUSFILMS AND TV: director Robert. US film director, 1925–2006; his films include M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975), Short Cuts (1994), and Gosford Park (2001)

The reason why I brought that up is because I remember how happy Rick and I were when Altman said that.

So I remember when Altman won the prize, he went up and said some version of, “Too little, too late.”

So I became top documentary cameraman by the mid to late 1980s, and it was around that time that Robert Altman came to town.

Nobody but Robert Altman and Pauline Kael thought Elliott Gould was right for the part.

Iannucci credits the films of Robert Altman and the use of overlapping dialogue as a huge inspiration.

It was Mr. Altman who was quick to kneel beside the man and apply the vessel to his mouth, as he raised him to a sitting position.

Thereupon, the leader of the rangers gave Mr. Altman, Ashbridge, and the son their several stations.

"If he happens to fall into the hands of the Shawanoes, it will go hard with him," remarked Mr. Altman, with a shudder.

Mr. Altman, his wife and daughter Agnes felt the same way, and the good man did not urge his proposal.

His first words, however, settled all questions as to his personality: He was the order clerk at Altman's.

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