Plot & Details
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.
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- Genre(s): Comedy
- Run Time: 118min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 04/02/1999
- DVD Release Date: 11/16/1999
- Distributor(s): October
- Director(s): Robert Altman
- Starring: Glenn Close , Julianne Moore , Liv Tyler , Chris O'Donnell , Charles S. Dutton
- Themes: Race Relations,Saintly Fools,Small-Town Life,Estrangement,Miscarriage of Justice,Eccentric Families
- Tone: Affectionate,Summery,Witty,Easygoing,Quirky
- Keywords: Southerner,cover-up,family,fortune [wealth],inheritance,investigation,suicide
- Language: English
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