Altman film restored

[coolcatdaddy]

A nice little story of a group of film enthusiasts putting together a restoration of an early work by a key American filmmaker.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/co ... d=13922490

Interviewers always found Altman reluctant to talk about the movies he directed before M*A*S*H, and he had even less to say about his screenplay for Corn's-A-Poppin' (1955), a low-budget musical comedy shot in his native Kansas City, Missouri. Altman biographer Patrick McGilligan calls it "one of the worst movies ever made," and most books about Altman don't even mention it. But that hasn't stopped the Northwest Chicago Film Society from carrying out a meticulous restoration of Corn's-A-Poppin' that will receive its Chicago premiere Monday at Music Box. For NWCFS founders Rebecca Hall, Julian Antos, and Kyle Westphal, the movie is not only a notable piece of juvenilia from a legendary filmmaker but a crackpot gem in its own right.

The trailer is located here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... ALFFjGjrJE



Sure, it's amateurish corn and Altman didn't direct it, but an interesting example of low-budget local filmmaking. Kudos to their spunk to get this saved.

[boblipton]

The IMDB credits Altman as co-director.

Bob

[coolcatdaddy]

Most Altman scholars agree that he co-wrote the screenplay, but doubt that he actually directed it. At least that's the consensus I've turned up doing some reading about the film.

[entredeuxguerres]

The first Altman film I've seen that didn't leave me at its end feeling unwell.