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Starring: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler
Robert Altman directed this bittersweet ensemble piece about an eccentric and entangled group of family and friends living in the Deep South. Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (Patricia Neal) is the widowed matriarch of a small-town Mississippi family, which includes her nieces Camille (Glenn Close), a pretentious would-be artist staging an amateur production of Salome at a local church, and Cora Julianne Moore), her less than enthusiastic leading lady. Willis (Charles S. Dutton), the caretaker of Cookie's rambling mansion, tries to persuade her sweet but aimless grand-niece, Emma (Liv Tyler), to move in with her, but she's more interested in her on-again, off-again romance with local cop Jason (Chris O'Donnell). Typical of Altman's work, Cookie's Fortune weaves together a number of different plot lines with relaxed grace, and features an impressive cast, including Ned Beatty, Lyle Lovett, and Courtney B. Vance. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
4/2/99
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13
Running Time
118 mins.
Locations
- Mississippi, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$10,920,091
Awards
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1999 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) award at the 1999 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best First Screenplay award at the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1999 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
Distributor
- October Films
- USA Home Entertainment
