McCabe & Mrs. Miller Page #7

Synopsis: Set in winter in the Old West. Charismatic but dumb John McCabe arrives in a young Pacific Northwest town to set up a whorehouse/tavern. The shrewd Mrs. Miller, a professional madam, arrives soon after construction begins. She offers to use her experience to help McCabe run his business, while sharing in the profits. The whorehouse thrives and McCabe and Mrs. Miller draw closer, despite their conflicting intelligences and philosophies. Soon, however, the mining deposits in the town attract the attention of a major corporation, which wants to buy out McCabe along with the rest. He refuses, and his decision has major repercussions for him, Mrs. Miller, and the town.
Genre: Drama, Western
Director(s): Robert Altman
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1971
120 min
601 Views


where people are civilized.

They'll get you, McCabe. They'll get you

and they'll do something awful to you.

Now, little lady,

ain't nothing going to happen to me.

Don't give me that "little lady" sh*t!

I don't care about you!

Give me my $1,500. I want to make a deal.

If you're not going to make a deal

with them, I will!

Eat your meal.

You can't make no deal.

Bye, honey. I'm going to miss you.

- I'm going to miss you, too.

- Have a nice trip. Be a good boy.

I will.

Say goodbye to Mrs. Miller for me.

Be careful.

Come back.

- Goodbye, cowboy. Come back!

- I will.

Shorty! Come on.

Goodbye, cowboy.

I wasn't trying to hit it. The trick is

not to hit it, but to make it float.

- Hey, hold it, sonny.

- What?

Hold up on your target practice.

I don't want to get shot.

Then get off the bridge, you saddle-tramp.

I want to buy some socks.

I've got a long ride ahead of me.

What's wrong with the socks you got on?

I wore them out running around

half-naked in that whorehouse.

That's really quite a place.

Have you been there yet?

Take off your boots and show me.

You're joshing me.

I said, "Take off your boots

and show me," you eggsucker.

I ain't going to do that.

What are you wearing that gun for?

Nothing. I just wear it.

- I can't hit nothing with it.

- That don't make no sense.

- What kind of a gun is it?

- Colt.

Them's good guns. That's what I got.

- There must be something wrong with it.

- No, it's me. I just can't shoot good.

Well, let me see it.

Come on. Maybe I can fix it for you.

Okay.

Constance.

You're the best looking woman I ever saw.

And I ain't never tried to do nothing

but put a smile on your face.

I ain't no good at saying I'm sorry.

I don't know what it is.

I guess I ain't never been this close

to nobody before.

Why don't you get under the covers?

- Constance.

- You don't need to say nothing.

I'm sorry.

Come on.

That there is my shotgun.

- Could I have it, please?

- This is a house of God.

Well, I'm going right now.

I've got to have my gun.

- Them men out there are trying to kill me.

- Get out.

Fire!

The church is on fire.

Fire!

Sheehan!

The church is burning! The church! Fire!

What the hell is he going on about?

What is it?

- What the hell is going on?

- The church is burning!

Jesus Christ. The church is on fire.

- What the hell are you doing?

- You! Get in there and get dressed.

Andy, get that damn machine down there!

You fellows start breaking the ice off.

Anybody under there?

Out of the way!

- Get those buckets over there!

- I'm going.

Watch your head, Pat.

What the hell are you doing?

Turn up that water!

More empty buckets?

We got it!

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Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. A five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, Altman was considered a "maverick" in making films with a highly naturalistic but stylized and satirical aesthetic, unlike most Hollywood films. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in American cinema. more…

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