Story of movie Cookie%27s Fortune :
Cookie's Fortune is a 1999 criminal comedy film directed by Robert Altman and starring an ensemble cast, including Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Patricia Neal, Charles S. Dutton and Chris O'Donnell.
| Cookie's Fortune | |
|---|---|
Promotional film poster for the film | |
| Directed by | Robert Altman |
| Produced by | Willi Baer |
| Written by | Anne Rapp |
| Starring |
|
| Music by | David A. Stewart |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Edited by | Abraham Lim |
Production company | New Films International |
| Distributed by | October Films |
Release date |
|
Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $10.9 million |
It portrays small-town Southern life in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where the film was mostly shot. It was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, held in February 1999.
Screenplay
When a small Mississippi town's wealthy dowager Jewel-Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (Neal) tires of her widowed life, she decides to take one of her late-husband Buck's pistols from the gun cabinet and kill herself.
She is discovered by her pretentious playwright niece, Camille (Close), and Camille's eccentrically odd and adorably shy younger sister, Cora (Moore), who plot to set the suicide up as a murder to preserve the family's reputation and ensconce themselves in the family mansion. The family of eccentrics is rounded out by Cora's wayward outlaw of a daughter, Emma (Liv Tyler). Emma has a love interest in the inept Sheriff's deputy, Jason (O'Donnell).
The key suspect is Willis (Dutton), Cookie's handyman, who happens to have cleaned the guns the night before Cookie's death.
What follows is a tale of how a shocking incident casts a ripple among a group of small-town oddballs.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2012) |
The screenplay was written by Anne Rapp and the film was produced by Willi Baer.
The film was shot on location in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
- Glenn Close as Camille Dixon
- Julianne Moore as Cora Duvall
- Liv Tyler as Emma Duvall
- Chris O'Donnell as Jason Brown
- Ned Beatty as Lester Boyle
- Courtney B. Vance as Otis Tucker
- Charles S. Dutton as Willis Richland
- Patricia Neal as Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
- Donald Moffat as Jack Palmer
- Lyle Lovett as Manny Hood
- Danny Darst as Billy Cox
- Matt Malloy as Eddie "The Expert" Pitts
- Randle Mell as Patrick Freeman
- Niecy Nash as Wanda Carter
- Rufus Thomas as Theo Johnson
- Ruby Wilson as Josie Martin
- Preston Strobel as Ronnie Freeman
- Ann Whitfield as Mrs. Henderson / Herodias
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2014) |
The film received mostly positive reviews, with a fresh 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Music for the film is composed by David A. Stewart. The soundtrack album was released on April 2, 1999. It features appearances by saxophonist Candy Dulfer.
All songs composed by Stewart, except "Cookie", "Camilla's Prayer" and "Patrol Car Blues" composed by Dulfer and Stewart.
- 1999 in film
- List of comedy films of the 1990s
- List of crime films of the 1990s
.jpg)
