Robert Altman: Five at Fox

About this episode

The episode explores Robert Altman's unique film period at 20th Century Fox during the late 1970s to early 1980s.

In a surprising birthday TWIST, Sam has decided to make us cover not just one film for their birthday but FIVE! And guess what? They’re all delightfully quirky and weird. We set our sights on Robert Altman's 1977-1980 period during which - thanks to Alan Ladd Jr.’s protective stewardship of 20th Century Fox - Altman was able to operate with complete freedom, churning out weird movie after weird movie. Sure, all of them utterly tanked at the box office, but they certainly do make for some inte...

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Ludwig, Elena Gibson

Topics covered

• Robert Altman
• film analysis
• quirky movies
• 20th Century Fox
• movie history

Keywords

• Robert Altman
• 20th Century Fox
• quirky films
• film history
• movie reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 20th Century Fox

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