Directed by Robert Altman.
Characteristically putting a new spin on a hallowed genre, director Robert Altman set this detective yarn in a contemporary Southern California replete with bleary sunshine and hippies, a far cry from the night-time and rain-slicked streets usually associated with Raymond Chandler. Drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, Elliott Gould’s black-suited Philip Marlowe is a fascinating blend of laid-back insouciance and dead-seriousness.
Lions Gate Films/United Artists Corp. Producer: Jerry Bick, Elliot Kastner. Screenwriter: Leigh Brackett, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond. Editor: Lou Lombardo. Cast: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson.
35mm, color, 112 min.
