Library Cinema: McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Library Cinema takes place in the Dunaway Community Room.

Doors open at 7PM, the film starts at 7:30PM. Tickets are $10.00, cash only.

Charismatic gambler John McCabe (Warren Beatty) arrives in a mining community and decides to open a brothel. The local residents are impressed by his confident demeanor and fast talk, but crafty prostitute Constance Miller (Julie Christie) sees through McCabe's words and realizes he isn't as sharp as he seems. Director Robert Altman and star Warren Beatty collaborated on script revisions throughout what Altman called an anti-western (the AFI rated it 8 among the best westerns of all-time). The mesmerizing result, strikingly shot by Vilmos Zsigmond, plays somewhat like Leonard Cohen’s music that accompanies the film. Getting mixed reviews at the time of its release it has come to be seen as a masterpiece and, according to Guardian his best film. ”McCabe & Mrs. Miller is like no other Western ever made, and with it, Robert Altman earns his place as one of the best contemporary directors. – Chicago Sun-Times. “McCabe & Mrs. Miller is like no other Western ever made, and with it, Robert Altman earns his place as one of the best contemporary directors.” – L.A. Free Press. (USA 1971)

Ends at 9:45PM

Rated R