3 Women

"1 Woman Became 2, 2 Women Became 3, 3 Women Became 1."

1977 2h 4m EN

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7.7

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★7.1TMDB · 359🍅84%Rotten Tomatoes●82Metacritic★7.7IMDB · 19,544

Drama

Synopsis

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Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

“1 Woman Became 2, 2 Women Became 3, 3 Women Became 1.”

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Cast

Shelley Duvall
Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux
Sissy Spacek
Mildred "Pinky" Rose
Janice Rule
Willie Hart
Robert Fortier
Edgar Hart
Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Rose
John Cromwell
Mr. Rose
Sierra Pecheur
Ms. Bunweill
Craig Richard Nelson
Doctor Maas

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Altman
Writers: Robert Altman, Patricia Resnick
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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49 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Altman, shot by Charles Rosher Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Gerald Busby. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dennis M. Hill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "1 Woman Became 2, 2 Women Became 3, 3 Women Became 1.".

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The take

Robert Altman directs. Charles Rosher Jr. behind the camera. Gerald Busby scores. Dennis M. Hill cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
349 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Robert Altman, shot by Charles Rosher Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Gerald Busby. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Dennis M. Hill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "1 Woman Became 2, 2 Women Became 3, 3 Women Became 1.".
9IMDB entry: tt0075612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 20 themes, including "california", "suicide attempt", "roommates", "identity crisis".

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Rosher Jr.
Original score: Gerald Busby
Editing: Dennis M. Hill
Makeup / hair: Monty Westmore
Sound: Chris McLaughlin
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,500,000
Box office: $5,568
Return: 0% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: 3 Women (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes: 84% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 82/100
IMDB rating: 7.7/10 · 19,544 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 6 nominations total

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Gimly2020-05-19
★ 5/10
"An awkward young teen working at a spa becomes overly attached to her fellow worker, a lonely outcast. They hang out at a bar owned by a strange pregnant artist and her has-been cowboy husband. Amid emotional crises, the three women steal and trade one another’s personalities." - Do they? Do they though? With less than ten minutes remaining the 3rd of these 3 women gets her first line. And some of those minutes was credits. Now a poorly written logline is unlikely to be the fault of the movie itself, but it does kind of make me question why the movie's even called 3 Women. Decent chance I'm just not bright enough to understand it, let alone the movie itself for that matter, but I can only bring you a review from how I experienced it, and from that perspective I can say: It's alright. A lot of the style choices did aggravate me, most notably the music (I've suffered through much worse for far less with this subject, but it was still a negative to me). But the two lead performances are what the movie is predominantly hinged on, and both are pretty good. Not incredible, but pretty good. I know not adoring this puts me in the minority, but I feel like a lot of people nowadays tend to overvalue a film for no other reason than the fact that it was made before... like... 1987. That's never been a factor for me, and 3 Women honestly didn't do a lot for me. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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