Cookie's Fortune riot in Holly Springs

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Movie
German title Cookie's Fortune riot in Holly Springs
Original title Cookie's Fortune
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 118 minutes
Age rating FSK from 12
Rod
Director Robert Altman
script Anne Rapp
production Robert Altman, Etchie Straw
music David A. Stewart
camera Toyomichi Kurita
cut Abraham Lim
occupation

Cookie's Fortune is a 1999 American film directed by Robert Altman .

action

The film tells of an eventful Easter weekend in the small town of Holly Springs , Mississippi . Camille Dixon, an older bachelorette, is a director of the play Salome , adapted by her, to be performed in the Presbyterian community. Her younger sister Cora, who is dominated by her, stars in this play and is considered the mother of Emma, ​​who has just returned to Holly Springs. While preparing for the performance, Camille discovers that her aunt "Cookie" Orcutt has committed suicide. In order not to bring the family honor into disrepute in public with this shocking suicide, she eats the suicide note and makes everything look like a break-in. That brings the police to Willis Richland, Cookie’s best friend, who came to see them after a pub the night before. The whole town knows Willis wasn't the culprit, but an out-of-town investigator isn't so sure. Willis is therefore arrested and placed in custody.

However, on Easter Sunday, the day of the theater premiere, Camille comes under suspicion, as she was seen by the neighbor boy removing the murder weapon. Since Camille has sworn her sister Cora not to let the suicide get to the public, Cora is no longer ready to dispel the suspicion of murder that weighs on her sister. As a result, she secretly takes revenge on her sister, whose daughter Emma she had to "adopt" in order to cover up her husband's affair with Camille. When Camille also learns that Willis, a black man , is the closest relative of Cookies, the deceased man Buck and has therefore been given the inheritance, a world collapses for her.

criticism

“Robert Altman's amusing social satire depicts the atmosphere and way of life of the American South in a loving and at the same time very precise way. The script, which has vivid characters and charming plot details, as well as the prominent cast ensemble also contribute to the success. "

- International film lexicons

"In Cookie's Fortune Altman presents a very amusing story with lovingly drawn characters and not without a satirical trait."

- artechock.de

Trivia

  • Cookie's Fortune was Patricia Neal's first film in ten years. It took two weeks to shoot their scenes.
  • Robert Altman asked Liv Tyler to have her hair cut for the film because he felt she might look too glamorous otherwise.
  • Altman hired a local theater company to direct a scene from Oscar Wilde's play Salome . He then copied the representation of this scene for his film.
  • The screenwriter Anne Rapp grew up in a small settlement in Texas and lived for a time in Mississippi . So she had a keen sense of the circumstances in which the film's plot takes place.
  • This was Altman's second collaboration with Anne Rapp. They had previously produced an episode of the Gun mini-series together in 1997 . In 2000 the two worked together for a third time, this time at Dr. T and the Women .

Honors

  • At the Berlinale 1999 Altman received the award of the working group Kino - Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater . He was also nominated for the Golden Bear .
  • Julianne Moore won the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2000 .
  • Costume designer Dona Granata was nominated for the Costume Designers Guild Award in 2000.
  • Screenwriter Anne Rapp was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award .
  • At the Image Awards 2000, Charles S. Dutton was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
  • The film was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards in 2000: Best Picture (Altman and Etchie Stroh ), Best First Screenplay (Anne Rapp) and Best Supporting Actor (Charles S. Dutton).
  • Patricia Neal was nominated for the Sierra Award for Best Supporting Actress at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cookie's Fortune riot in Holly Springs. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ artechock.de