Robert Altman dies.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:53 pm

Massage - please tell me you know who this is.

(100% TIC)

SAD Day.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_ ... bit_altman

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."

Massage...Bored · Post by **Massage...Bored** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:02 pm

Look for "Prairie Home Companion" to get him another Oscar nod and a sentimental posthumous win.....over Scorcese. Marty can't catch a break.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:03 pm

Massage...Bored · Post by **Massage...Bored** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:06 pm

Oliver's Army wrote:

I'm serious, Oscar is all about sentiment.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:12 pm

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.

Massage...Bored · Post by **Massage...Bored** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:20 pm

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.

Post by **cwallace** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:29 pm

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...

Chris

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:14 pm

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:56 pm

hell of a loss

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:00 pm

I f'ing love the movie M.A.S.H.