Talk:Robert Altman

message: Why are both spellings used in the article? Why not just use M*A*S*H?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:30C0:6E50:3990:231C:D3A0:CA6E (talk) 05:57, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: ''M*A*S*H'' versus ''MASH''

message: The filmography section does not make any distinctions between Altman's directing, screenwriting, and producing roles nor present any information regarding which roles he played on which films.  IMDb credits Altman as a director 88 times, as a screenwriter 39 times, and as a producer 41 times.  While there is considerable overlap, Altman produced several films which he neither directed nor wrote.  One of his award nominations was for producing only (Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle).  As a slight corrective, I edited the intro section to note that he was a producer as well as a director and screenwriter.  Does someone want to tackle this issue in the filmography section?
Contributor tom (talk) 05:51, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The way the Filmography section is set up, there's no easy way to show what he did. But for the time being, anyone who clicks on a film will get those details. --Light show (talk) 06:25, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Producer as well as Director and Screenwriter

message: Can anyone verify 24.124.90.132's recent additions?
: I'm guessing you're referring to mine; I've compiled that list over years of searching for information via the net (I didn't do it for years straight, just at different times over the years).  Among my sources were the IMDb (which is a good start, but I will rarely use it as a primary source), tv.com, epguides.com, the Classic TV Archive ( http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/index.html )  fan-sites devoted to the single shows in question, tape-trading networks (including sites which are openly selling bootleg VHS/DVDs, so I don't know that I should link them), and, in a few cases, off-hand references within Altman books and/or screenings (for instance, a British museum had an Altman retrospective a few years ago which included an episode of 'M-Squad' that I've never seen referred to anywhere else).
: The difficulty in compiling and verifying that list is that it's better than any single list I could point to on-line.
ThatGuamGuy 14:22, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The BBC says he died tuesday 21st, but the article claims 20th. Which is correct? -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 03:28, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct date of death? 

message: Rest in Peace Robert Altman. M*A*S*H changed my life. You will live on forever in your works. ReverendG 05:57, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: RIP

message: "Robert Altman: Jumping Off the Cliff" (pp. 250, 257-260) notes the first 3 ColorSonics shorts, but names only 2 ("Girl Talk" and "The Party") so there may be another one (although I've found no mention of it elsewhere). The book then mentions the later 2 ColorSonics shorts with Lili St. Cyr, but names only "Speak Low". "Ebb Tide", starring Lili St. Cyr, is named at ( http://scopitone.tripod.com/Color-Sonics.htm ) along with "Speak Low".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.215.222 (talk) 05:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ColorSonics 

message: What the hell is with all of the condescending sound spellings? I don't think a single soul on Earth would ever have difficulty in pronouncing Altman? Since when did this site start thinking we're all a bunch of illiterate jerkoffs?--24.186.96.236 (talk) 03:52, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Please calm down—not everyone using the English Wikipedia is a native speaker, and I don't see how you find a pronunciation key to be condescending. Additionally, there is consensus for the use of the IPA on Wikipedia, so please don't remove it without discussion first. Conifer (talk) 04:09, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  SOUND SPELLINGS 

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message: Just watched another episode of an  Altman directed episode of "Combat" circa 63 or 64.  Riveting story.   His style is unmistakable.  No Oscar after multiple academy nominations?  Pity 2603:9000:C600:3A00:6835:32D0:903F:4700 (talk) 03:06, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
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