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Robert Altman dies.

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Film Director Robert Altman Dies


LOS ANGELES -
Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind "M-A-S-H," "Nashville" and "The Player" who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions, died at a Los Angeles Hospital, his Sandcastle 5 Productions Company said Tuesday. He was 81.

The director died Monday night, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman's Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.

The cause of death wasn't disclosed. A news release was expected later in the day, Astrachan said.

A five-time Academy Award nominee for best director, most recently for 2001's "Gosford Park," he finally won a lifetime achievement Oscar in 2006.

"No other filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have," Altman 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 filmmaking has given me an entree to the world and to the human condition."
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Look for "Prairie Home Companion" to get him another Oscar nod and a sentimental posthumous win.....over Scorcese. Marty can't catch a break.
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I'm serious, Oscar is all about sentiment.
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I am aware of that.

I was hoping that the first comment out of the box was more of a reflection of what he HAS done and not a hypothetical robbing of an Oscar from someone else.

At least wait until hes cold.
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Don't get me wrong, I love his work. But I hope marty gets his due, he deserves it this year.

MASH is temendous and I really liked Prairie Home Companion, which turns out to be a fitting final film.
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Well the Oscar's aren't here yet...Marty still has time to die and steal it back!

And I thought this to be funny...as always...

"The cause of death wasn't disclosed. A news release was expected later in the day, Astrachan said."

Umm..he was 81...speculation says that might have had something to do with it..:)

Anyway...I loved his stuff...

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hell of a loss
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I f'ing love the movie M.A.S.H.

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