Cookie's Fortune (1999)

(1999)

Cast

Patricia Neal as Cookie Orcutt

Julianne Moore as Cora Duvall

Chris O'Donnell as Jason Brown

Glenn Close as Camille Dixon

Courtney B. Vance as Otis

Liv Tyler as Emma Duvall

Lyle Lovett as Manny Hood

Charles S. Dutton as Willis

Ned Beatty as Lester Boyle

Niecy Nash as Deputy Wanda

Directed by

• Robert Altman

Written by

• Anne Rapp

Just watched this Movie. How I missed it I don't know but it's one of the better Movies by Robert Altman. The cast is excellent too. Many Oscar winners, no wonder. Check it out if you can find it.

"Cookie's Fortune'' is Robert Altman's sunniest film, a warm-hearted comedy that somehow manages to deal with death and murder charges without even containing a real villain. True, the Glenn Close character comes close to villainy by falsifying a death scene, but since she's in the middle of directing the Easter play at her church, maybe it's partly a case of runaway theatrical zeal.

The movie takes place in the small town of Holly Springs, Miss., where Altman assembles a large cast of lovable characters. He's a master of stories that interconnect a lot of people ("MASH,'' "Nashville,'' "The Player,'' "Short Cuts''), and here one of the pleasures is discovering the hidden connections.