Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
- country music
- satire
- music festival
- candidate
- nashville
- tennessee
- multiple storylines
- presidential campaign
- celebrity worship
- rally
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ronee Blakley — Barbara Jean
- Timothy Brown — Tommy Brown
- Keith Carradine — Tom Frank
- Geraldine Chaplin — Opal
- Robert DoQui — Wade Cooley
- Shelley Duvall — L.A. Joan
- Allen Garfield — Barnett
- Henry Gibson — Haven Hamilton
- Scott Glenn — Pfc. Glenn Kelly
- Jeff Goldblum — Tricycle Man
- Barbara Harris — Winifred / Albuquerque
- Directed
- Robert Altman
- Written
- Joan Tewkesbury
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 475 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, ABC Entertainment, Jerry Weintraub Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
