McCABE & MRS. MILLER
DIRECTED BY ROBERT ALTMAN
PRODUCED BY MITCHELL BROWER/ ROBERT EGGENWEILER/ DAVID FOSTER
DAVID FOSTER PRODUCTIONS
WARNER BROS.
Information from IMDb
Full Cast
Warren Beatty ... John McCabe
Julie Christie ... Constance Miller
Rene Auberjonois ... Sheehan
William Devane ... The Lawyer
John Schuck ... Smalley
Corey Fischer ... Mr. Elliott
Bert Remsen ... Bart Coyle
Shelley Duvall ... Ida Coyle
Keith Carradine ... Cowboy
Michael Murphy ... Sears
Antony Holland ... Hollander
Hugh Millais ... Butler
Manfred Schulz ... Kid
Jace Van Der Veen ... Breed (as Jace Vander Veen)
Jackie Crossland ... Lily
Elizabeth Murphy ... Kate
Carey Lee McKenzie ... Alma
Thomas Hill ... Archer (as Tom Hill)
Linda Sorensen ... Blanche
Elisabeth Knight ... Birdie
Janet Wright ... Eunice
Maysie Hoy ... Maisie
Linda Kupecek ... Ruth
Jeremy Newson ... Jeremy Berg (as Jeremy Newsom)
Wayne Robson ... Bartender
Jack Riley ... Riley Quinn
Robert Fortier ... Town Drunk
Wayne Grace ... Bartender
Wesley Taylor ... Shorty Dunn
Anne Cameron ... Mrs. Dunn
Graeme Campbell ... Bill Cubbs
J.S. Johnson ... J.J.
Joe Clarke ... Joe Shortreed
Harry Frazier ... Andy Anderson
Edwin Collier ... Gilchrist
Terence Kelly ... Quigley
Brantley Kearns ... Fiddler (as Brantley F. Kearns)
Don Francks ... Buffalo
Rodney Gage ... Sumner Washington
Lili Francks ... Mrs. Washington
Joan Tewkesbury ... Townsperson (as Joan McGuire)
Harvey Lowe ... Townsperson
Eric Schneider ... Townsperson
Milos Zatovic ... Townsperson
Claudine Melgrave ... Townsperson
Derek Keurvorst ... Townsperson (as Derek Deurvorst)
Alex Diakun ... Townsperson (as Alexander Diakun)
Gordon Robertson ... Townsperson
Jon Bankson ... Townsperson (uncredited)
William Chu ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Alan Davis ... Townsperson (uncredited)
Jimmy Eng ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Barry Fowlie ... Townsperson (uncredited)
Robert W. Hamelin ... Townsperson (uncredited)
Terence Hill ... Townsperson (uncredited)
Thomas Ho ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Ed Hong-Louie ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Louanne Hong-Louie ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Paul Lam ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Po Lam Lau ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Anne C.W. Luk ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Bill Yui Seto ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
Barry Tam ... Chinese Worker (uncredited)
John Tuck ... Townsperson (uncredited)
Dale Wilson ... Townsperson (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Edmund Naughton (novel "McCabe")
Robert Altman (screenplay) and
Brian McKay (screenplay)
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Trivia
Many of the people playing small parts, bit roles, and extras were allowed to create their own characters for the movie.
'Robert Altman''s initial preference for the role of McCabe was Elliott Gould, whom the studio producing the film refused to accept.
Warren Beatty loved to perform multiple takes of his scenes. Once, when Altman was ready to wrap shooting for the day, Beatty insisted on more takes. Altman left and had his assistant shoot them and Beatty did over thirty takes of the scene. Altman got his revenge by ordering Beatty to do 25 takes of a scene involving Beatty in the snow.
Editor 'Lou Lombardo' complained that the soundtrack was too "muddy" and asked Altman fix it. Altman refused and later claimed the bad soundtrack was Lombardo's fault.
The original title of this film was "The Presbyterian Church Wager". It was rejected due to complaints by the church to Warner Bros.
At the beginning of the film, there is a shot of McCabe lighting a cigarette before crossing the bridge. According to Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick loved that shot and called him up asking him: "How did you know you had it?"
During post-production on this film, 'Robert Altman' was having a difficult time finding a proper musical score, until he attended a party where the album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" was playing and noticed that several songs from the album seemed to fit in with the overall mood and themes of the movie. Cohen, who had been a fan of Altman's previous film, Brewster McCloud, allowed him to use three songs from the album - "The Stranger Song", "Sisters of Mercy" and "Winter Lady" - although Altman was dismayed when Cohen later admitted that he didn't like the movie. A year later, Altman received a phone call from Cohen, who told him that he changed his mind after re-watching the movie with an audience and now loved it.
Ranked #8 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Western" in June 2008.
Keith Carradine's film debut.
Goofs
Continuity
In the saloon, McCabe plays cards and Sheeran lights the lamp while they talk to each other about the bottle of whiskey price. At one point McCabe is shown, from behind, taking the cigar out of his mouth with his left hand and, subsequently, shown from the front, holding the cigar in his mouth with his right hand.
When the young man in the tall hat is leaving, he hugs each of the girls in turn. In the shot from the front, he the one girl and Ida Coyle is stepping up for her hug. The shot changes to the view from the left, where the hug of the first girl is repeated and Ida Coyle again steps forward.
Ida gets of the wagon twice.
Crew or equipment visible
At 1:41:38 into the film, when McCabe is hiding in the door of the hardware store, a leg and a foot of a crew-member are visible reflected in the window on the left. After the cutaway it is even clearer when the person moves.
Miscellaneous
The steam engine was deployable very shortly after the fire was discovered, which would have been possible only if the engine had already been lit.
Filming Locations
British Columbia, Canada
Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
(town: Bearpaw)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(Town of Presbyterian Church)
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