Robert Altman

Ron Mann's new documentary "ALTMAN" is an in-depth look at the life and times of filmmaker Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, The Player, Gosford Park, and many more.) While refusing to bow down to Hollywood's conventions, or its executives, Altman's unique style of filmmaking won him friends and enemies, earned him world-wide praise and occasionally scathing criticism.

Traces the history of the LA-based Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the United States, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey.

This film tackles the question of its title, chronicles the best of filmmaking today, and proposes where cinema will go—and should go—in the future.

Join British stage and cinema legends Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, and Joan Plowright as they share candid tales of life, love, and art.