Customer Reviews:
It really is a 'Western'.......2007-05-03
Films of the Western genre are morality-plays. This film is a morality-play - an enterprising gambler tries to set up a small-time gambling establishment (and whore-house), but after the arrival of Mrs. Miller the business expands. At that point the 'big boys' try to muscle-in. He refuses to sell and a battle of wits and bullets ensues.
The story unfolds in a quiet, low-key way. The filming seems to be done in available light with one microphone so you hear the dialog as if you're actually there - not quite hearing everything - I love McCabe And Mrs Miller because it's so 'real'.
every Leonard Cohen should buy this.......2006-10-09
This DVD is a Classic and calling it a ' Western ' may put of some people - forget the stereotype just Buy the DVD and you will be enchanted by it - trust me .
Now I have to confess that I love this DVD mainly because of the music.
I am a huge fan of ' Leonard Cohen ' and I know his albums backwards so when I first saw the film on TV I was completely puzzled because his songs merge into the film so well that if I did not know better I would swear the Music was writing for the Film which of course was not the case - Here is the story of how Cohen was used for most of the film -
The music for the film was largely by Leonard Cohen. Altman had liked Cohen's debut album immensely, buying additional copies of it after wearing each one out. Then he had forgotten about the LP. Years later he visited Paris, just after finishing shooting on McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and rediscovered the album; he had it transferred and started the music to maintain a rhythm for the film. He didn't expect to be able to procure rights for the music since it was a Warner Brothers film and Cohen's album was released through Columbia Records. However, he called Cohen, expecting to trade off his recent success with M*A*S*H, but found that Cohen did not much like the film. Instead, he had loved Altman's less popular follow-up film Brewster McCloud, and arranged for his record company to license the music cheaply, even writing into the contract that sales of that album after the release of McCabe would turn some of the royalties to Altman (an arrangement which at the time was quite unusual). Later, on watching McCabe to come up with a guitar riff for one scene, Cohen decided he didn't like the film, but honoured his contract. A year later he called Altman to apologize, saying he had seen the film again and loved it.
The film was shot in the environs of Vancouver, British Columbia almost entirely in sequential order--a rarity for films. The crew found a suitable location for the filming and, as filming progressed, built up the "set" as McCabe built up the town in the film. In the film, Mrs. Miller is brought into town on a steam engine from the late 1800s; the steam engine is genuine and functioning and the crew used it to power the lumbermill after its arrival. Carpenters for the film were locals and young men from the United States, fleeing conscription into the Vietnam War; they were dressed in period costume and used tools of the period so that they could go about their business in the background while the plot advanced in the foreground. The crew ran buried hoses throughout the town, placed so they could create the appearance of rain if necessary.
It began snowing near the end of the film's shooting, when the church fire and the standoff were the only scenes left to shoot. Beatty didn't want to start shooting in the snow, as it was in a sense dangerous to do so: to preserve continuity, the entire rest of the film would have to be shot in snow. Altman countered that since those were the only scenes left to film, it was best to start since there was nothing else to do. The "standoff" scene--which is in fact more a "cat and mouse" scene involving shooting one's enemy in the back--and its concurrent church fire scene were shot over a period of nine days. The heavy snow, with the exception of a few "fill-in" patches on the ground, was all genuine the crew members built snowmen and had snowball fights between takes.
As you can imagine this is a very laid back Film - just cut the phone line and settle down for a wonderful journey that will turn you into a Cohen fan
not rally a western.......2004-08-27
When I bought this dvd I thought it would a like the average western But it is not. it is about a gambler (warren beatty)who decides to build a whorehouse and Julie Christie)who runs it. The movie drags on a bit and loses your attention. It is on for 116 minutes and it is mainly talking all the time and about a 10 minute gun battle right at the end. It has got a brillant haunting soundtrack by folk singer Leonard Cohen. The sound and picture is sharp for 1971 movie. If you like warren beatty or julie christie or westerns this might be for you.
Not really a western.......2004-08-22
When I bought this dvd I thought it would a like the average western But it is not. it is about a gambler (warren beatty)who decides to build a whorehouse and Julie Christie)who runs it. The movie drags on a bit and loses your attention. It is on for 116 minutes and it is mainly talking all the time and about a 10 minute gun battle right at the end. It has got a brillant haunting soundtrack by folk singer Leonard Cohen. The sound and picture is sharp for 1971 movie. If you like warren beatty or julie christie or westerns this might be for you.
Oscar worthy performances by Beatty and Christie........2002-08-19
Robert Altman's one and only Western tells the tale of John McCabe who arrives in a small pacific North West town to set up a new whorehouse/tavern. Soon after his arrival in the depths of winter, Mrs. Miller arrives and the pair team up to run, what is to become, a thriving business. Everything appears to be going well for the pair until big businessmen arrive and try to buy them out- pretty soon the atmosphere in the town is well and truly disturbed...
Warren Beatty is excellent in the part of McCabe who exudes this air of confidence when talking business with Mrs.Miller. He refuses to be beaten by the bad guys and is helped along by his attractive partner, played by Julie Christie. Like Beatty she is also wonderful in the role as the quick talking, no nonsense madam and Christie was even nominated for an Oscar for her performance.
A well scripted film with a dramatic final showdown makes McCabe and Mrs.Miller a fine tale and a refreshing change from the countless other Westerns that focus purely on Cowboys and Indians.
Customer Reviews:
It really is a 'Western'.......2007-05-03
Films of the Western genre are morality-plays. This film is a morality-play - an enterprising gambler tries to set up a small-time gambling establishment (and whore-house), but after the arrival of Mrs. Miller the business expands. At that point the 'big boys' try to muscle-in. He refuses to sell and a battle of wits and bullets ensues.
The story unfolds in a quiet, low-key way. The filming seems to be done in available light with one microphone so you hear the dialog as if you're actually there - not quite hearing everything - I love McCabe And Mrs Miller because it's so 'real'.
every Leonard Cohen should buy this.......2006-10-09
This DVD is a Classic and calling it a ' Western ' may put of some people - forget the stereotype just Buy the DVD and you will be enchanted by it - trust me .
Now I have to confess that I love this DVD mainly because of the music.
I am a huge fan of ' Leonard Cohen ' and I know his albums backwards so when I first saw the film on TV I was completely puzzled because his songs merge into the film so well that if I did not know better I would swear the Music was writing for the Film which of course was not the case - Here is the story of how Cohen was used for most of the film -
The music for the film was largely by Leonard Cohen. Altman had liked Cohen's debut album immensely, buying additional copies of it after wearing each one out. Then he had forgotten about the LP. Years later he visited Paris, just after finishing shooting on McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and rediscovered the album; he had it transferred and started the music to maintain a rhythm for the film. He didn't expect to be able to procure rights for the music since it was a Warner Brothers film and Cohen's album was released through Columbia Records. However, he called Cohen, expecting to trade off his recent success with M*A*S*H, but found that Cohen did not much like the film. Instead, he had loved Altman's less popular follow-up film Brewster McCloud, and arranged for his record company to license the music cheaply, even writing into the contract that sales of that album after the release of McCabe would turn some of the royalties to Altman (an arrangement which at the time was quite unusual). Later, on watching McCabe to come up with a guitar riff for one scene, Cohen decided he didn't like the film, but honoured his contract. A year later he called Altman to apologize, saying he had seen the film again and loved it.
The film was shot in the environs of Vancouver, British Columbia almost entirely in sequential order--a rarity for films. The crew found a suitable location for the filming and, as filming progressed, built up the "set" as McCabe built up the town in the film. In the film, Mrs. Miller is brought into town on a steam engine from the late 1800s; the steam engine is genuine and functioning and the crew used it to power the lumbermill after its arrival. Carpenters for the film were locals and young men from the United States, fleeing conscription into the Vietnam War; they were dressed in period costume and used tools of the period so that they could go about their business in the background while the plot advanced in the foreground. The crew ran buried hoses throughout the town, placed so they could create the appearance of rain if necessary.
It began snowing near the end of the film's shooting, when the church fire and the standoff were the only scenes left to shoot. Beatty didn't want to start shooting in the snow, as it was in a sense dangerous to do so: to preserve continuity, the entire rest of the film would have to be shot in snow. Altman countered that since those were the only scenes left to film, it was best to start since there was nothing else to do. The "standoff" scene--which is in fact more a "cat and mouse" scene involving shooting one's enemy in the back--and its concurrent church fire scene were shot over a period of nine days. The heavy snow, with the exception of a few "fill-in" patches on the ground, was all genuine the crew members built snowmen and had snowball fights between takes.
As you can imagine this is a very laid back Film - just cut the phone line and settle down for a wonderful journey that will turn you into a Cohen fan
not rally a western.......2004-08-27
When I bought this dvd I thought it would a like the average western But it is not. it is about a gambler (warren beatty)who decides to build a whorehouse and Julie Christie)who runs it. The movie drags on a bit and loses your attention. It is on for 116 minutes and it is mainly talking all the time and about a 10 minute gun battle right at the end. It has got a brillant haunting soundtrack by folk singer Leonard Cohen. The sound and picture is sharp for 1971 movie. If you like warren beatty or julie christie or westerns this might be for you.
Not really a western.......2004-08-22
When I bought this dvd I thought it would a like the average western But it is not. it is about a gambler (warren beatty)who decides to build a whorehouse and Julie Christie)who runs it. The movie drags on a bit and loses your attention. It is on for 116 minutes and it is mainly talking all the time and about a 10 minute gun battle right at the end. It has got a brillant haunting soundtrack by folk singer Leonard Cohen. The sound and picture is sharp for 1971 movie. If you like warren beatty or julie christie or westerns this might be for you.
Oscar worthy performances by Beatty and Christie........2002-08-19
Robert Altman's one and only Western tells the tale of John McCabe who arrives in a small pacific North West town to set up a new whorehouse/tavern. Soon after his arrival in the depths of winter, Mrs. Miller arrives and the pair team up to run, what is to become, a thriving business. Everything appears to be going well for the pair until big businessmen arrive and try to buy them out- pretty soon the atmosphere in the town is well and truly disturbed...
Warren Beatty is excellent in the part of McCabe who exudes this air of confidence when talking business with Mrs.Miller. He refuses to be beaten by the bad guys and is helped along by his attractive partner, played by Julie Christie. Like Beatty she is also wonderful in the role as the quick talking, no nonsense madam and Christie was even nominated for an Oscar for her performance.
A well scripted film with a dramatic final showdown makes McCabe and Mrs.Miller a fine tale and a refreshing change from the countless other Westerns that focus purely on Cowboys and Indians.
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