Cookie's Fortune (1999)
- Starring:
- Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Altman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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Robert Altman directed this bittersweet ensemble piece about an eccentric and entangled group of family and friends living in the Deep South. Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (Patricia Neal) is the widowed matriarch of a small-town Mississippi family, which includes her nieces Camille (Glenn Close), a pretentious would-be artist staging an amateur production of Salome at a local church, and Cora Julianne Moore), her less than enthusiastic leading lady. Willis (Charles S. Dutton), the caretaker of Cookie's rambling mansion, tries to persuade her sweet but aimless grand-niece, Emma (Liv Tyler), to move in with her, but she's more interested in her on-again, off-again romance with local cop Jason (Chris O'Donnell). Typical of Altman's work, Cookie's Fortune weaves together a number of different plot lines with relaxed grace, and features an impressive cast, including Ned Beatty, Lyle Lovett, and Courtney B. Vance. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 118 mins
Complete Cast:
- Glenn Close - Camille Orcutt
- Liv Tyler - Emma Duvall
- Charles S. Dutton - Willis Richland
- Ned Beatty - Lester Boyle
- Donald Moffat - Jack Palmer
- Danny Darst - Billy Cox
- Randle Mell - Patrick Freeman
- Rufus Thomas - Theo Johnson
- Preston Strobel - Ronnie Freeman
- Julianne Moore - Cora Duvall
- Chris O'Donnell - Jason Brown
- Patricia Neal - Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
- Courtney Vance - Otis Tucker
- Lyle Lovett - Manny Hood
- Matt Malloy - Eddie "The Expert" Pitts
- Niecy Nash - Wanda Carter
- Ruby L. Wilson - Josie Martin
- Director(s):
- Robert Altman
- Writer(s):
- Anne Rapp
- Producer(s):
- Robert Altman, Etchie Stroh
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Mild Violence, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
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- 1999 - Cookie's Fortune - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actress
- 1999 - Cookie's Fortune - National Society of Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up)
