USA, 1977
124m
35mm film, colour, 2.35:1
mono, English
An American psychological horror film directed by Robert Altman.
Plot Summary
Two flatmates, therapists Pinky and Millie, are engaged in a toxic relationship that results in a loss of identity, attempted suicide and a possible body swap with a third woman, Willie.
Credits
Crew
Director: Robert Altman
© 1977 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
A production of Lion’s Gate Films
Producer: Robert Altman
Associate Producers: Robert Eggenweiler, Scott Bushnell
Writer: Robert Altman
Director of Photography: Chuck Rosher
Editor: Dennis Hill
Music: Gerald Busby
Sound: Jim Webb, Chris Mclaughlin
Wardrobe: Jules Melillo
Make-up: Monty Westmore
Hair Stylist: Kaye Pownall
Photographic Effects: Modern Film Effects
Art Director: James D. Vance
Cast
Shelley Duvall (Millie Lammoreaux)
Sissy Spacek (Pinky Rose)
Janice Rule (Willie Hart)
Robert Fortier (Edgar Hart)
Ruth Nelson (Mrs Rose)
John Cromwell (Mr Rose)
Sierra Pecheur (Ms Bunweill)
Craig Richard Nelson (Dr Maas)
Maysie Hoy (Doris)
Belita Moreno (Alcira)
Leslie Ann Hudson (Polly)
Patricia Ann Hudson (Peggy)
Beverly Ross (Deidre)
John Davey (Dr Norton)
Alternative Titles
3 donne – Italy
3 Frauen – West Germany
3 kvinder – Denmark, Sweden
3 mujeres – Argentina, Mexico, Spain, USA (Spanish)
3 naista – Finland
3 γυναίκες – Greece
3 женщины – Russia, USSR
Ba người phụ nữ – Vietnam
Drei Frauen – West Germany
Drie vrouwen – Belgium (Flemish)
Három nő – Hungary
Kolme naista – Finland
Robert Altmans 3 Frauen – West Germany
Robert Altman’s 3 Women – screen title
Sannin no onna – Japan
Shalosh Nashim – Israel
Tre donne – Italy
Tre kvinner – Norway
Três Mulheres – Brazil, Portugal
Trois femmes – France
Trzy kobiety – Poland
Üç kadın – Turkey
Три жени – Bulgaria
Три жінки – Ukraine
三人の女 – Japan
三女性 – Taiwan
Links
Extracts included in
Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In (1996)
The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
Altman (2014)
References
Periodicals
- American Cinematographer vol.85 no.10 (October 2004) pp.16, 18 – illustrated DVD review (DVD Playback by Jim Hemphill)
- Cinéaste vol.8 no.1 (Summer 1977) pp. 42-44
- Film Comment vol.13 no.4 (July/August 1977) pp.55-57
- Film Criticism vol.4 no.1 (Autumn 1979) pp.74-80 – article
- Filmfacts vol.20 no.6 (1977) pp.121-125
- Films and Filming vol.23 no.12 (September 1977) pp.32-33
- Films and Filming vol.23 no.9 (June 1977) pp.26-29
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.246 no.3 (8 April 1977) pp.3,7
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.246 no.13 (22 April 1977) pp.6,18
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.246 no.25 (10 May 1977) pp.C-10
- The Listener vol.115 no.2944 (23 January 1986) pp.36-37
- The Listener vol.123 no.3147 (11 January 1990) p.33 – review
- The Listener vol.98 no.2519 (28 July 1977) pp.122
- Literature/Film Quarterly vol.8 no.4 (1980) pp.258-264
- Lumière du Cinéma no.5 (June 1977) pp.18-23
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.44 no.524 (September 1977) pp.198-199
- Movietone News no.58-59 (14 August 1978) pp.2-10
- Premiere vol.17 no.9 (June 2004) p.114 – illustrated DVD review (Home guide by H.K.)
- Quarterly Review of Film and Video vol.22 no.2 (April-June 2005) pp.125-134 – article (Memories, dreams, screens by Ruth Perlmutter)
- Screen International no.59 23 (October 1976) pp.11 – credits
- Screen International no.98 (30 July 1977) pp.30
- Sight and Sound vol.14 no.7 (July 2004) p.75 – illustrated DVD review (Home movies: no zone: shattered sanities by Tim Lucas)
- Sight and Sound vol.46 no.4 (Autumn 1977) pp. 253-254
- Variety 13 April 1977 p.20
Books
- House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse pp.10, 31, 33-35, 233, 372, 412, 414
