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Cookie's Fortune 
Promotional movie poster for the filmDirected by Robert Altman Produced by Willi Baer Written by Anne Rapp Starring Glenn Close
Julianne Moore
Liv Tyler
Chris O'Donnell
Charles S. Dutton
Patricia NealMusic by David A. Stewart Cinematography Toyomichi Kurita Editing by Abraham Lim Distributed by New Films International Release date(s) January 22, 1999 (Sundance)
April 2, 1999 (United States)Running time 118 minutes Country United States Language English Cookie's Fortune is a 1999 comedy film directed by Robert Altman and starring an ensemble cast, including Patricia Neal, Charles S. Dutton, Julianne Moore, Glenn Close, Liv Tyler and Chris O'Donnell. It portrays small town Southern life in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where the movie was mostly filmed.
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Plot
When a small Mississippi town's wealthy dowager Jewel-Mae "Cookie" Orcutt 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 (Glenn Close), and Camille's eccentrically odd and adorably shy younger sister, Cora (played by Julianne 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). Chris O'Donnell plays Emma's love interest and erstwile jailer, Jason. The key suspect is Willis (Charles S. Dutton), Cookie's handyman, who happens to have cleaned the guns the night before Cookie's death. What follows is a very interesting tale of how a shocking incident casts a ripple among a group of small-town oddballs. The ensemble cast includes Ned Beatty, Courtney B. Vance, and Lyle Lovett.
Location
The film was shot on location in the small rural town of Holly Springs, Mississippi (birthplace of Ida Wells-Barnett). Many of the homes from the film are still present, including Cookie's home.
Cast
- Glenn Close as Camille Dixon
- Julianne Moore as Cora Duvall
- Liv Tyler as Emma Duvall
- Chris O'Donnell as Jason Brown
- Charles S. Dutton as Willis Richland
- Patricia Neal as Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
External links
- Cookie's Fortune at the Internet Movie Database
- Cookie's Fortune at AllRovi
- Holly Springs, Mississippi Official Website
Films directed by Robert Altman 1950s The Delinquents (1957)1960s Countdown (1968) · That Cold Day in the Park (1969)1970s MASH (1970) · Brewster McCloud (1970) · McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) · Images (1972) · The Long Goodbye (1973) · Thieves Like Us (1974) · California Split (1974) · Nashville (1975) · Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) · 3 Women (1977) · A Wedding (1978) · Quintet (1979) · A Perfect Couple (1979)1980s HealtH (1980) · Popeye (1980) · Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) · Streamers (1983) · Secret Honor (1984) · O.C. and Stiggs (1984) · Fool for Love (1985) · Beyond Therapy (1987)1990s Vincent & Theo (1990) · The Player (1992) · Short Cuts (1993) · Prêt-à-Porter (1994) · Kansas City (1996) · The Gingerbread Man (1998) · Cookie's Fortune (1999)2000s Dr. T & the Women (2000) · Gosford Park (2001) · The Company (2003) · A Prairie Home Companion (2006)Categories:- 1999 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Robert Altman
- Films set in Mississippi
- Films shot in Mississippi
- American criminal comedy films
- 1990s comedy film stubs
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