Name: Cookie's Fortune
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1999
Rating: 73.125
Cast: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell, Charles S. Dutton

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Welcome to Holly Springs... home of murder, mayhem and catfish enchiladas.

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

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Genres: Dark Comedy Southern Gothic
Mood: QuirkyMacabreLight-HeartedDarkly ComedicCynical
Themes: Loss Of InnocenceThe Human ConditionFamily BondsIsolationIdentity CrisisBetrayal
Plot: JealousyUncovering Hidden IdentitiesFamily FeudFamily SecretsIdentity SwitchAccidental DeathForgery
Pacing: EpisodicLeisurely
Narrative: Real-Time NarrativeMultiple PerspectivesUnreliable Narrator
Dialog: Witty BanterMinimalist Dialogue
Character Types: OutsiderCaregiverEccentric Aunt
Humor: MisunderstandingsDeadpan HumorIronyFarceCharacter-Based HumorBlack Comedy
Time: Present Day
Place: Small TownRural Countryside
Cinematic Style: Minimalist SetsFilm Noir AestheticsSlow Motion Sequences
Costume and Set: Period-Accurate CostumesSouthern Gothic Architecture

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Crew

Directed by:

Robert Altman, Toyomichi Kurita

Written by:

Anne Rapp

Produced by:

Robert Altman, Willi Bär, Ernst Etchie Stroh

Composed by:

Dave Stewart

Cast

Glenn Close

Camille Dixon

Julianne Moore

Cora Duvall

Liv Tyler

Emma Duvall

Chris O'Donnell

Jason Brown

Charles S. Dutton

Willis Richland

Patricia Neal

Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt

Ned Beatty

Lester Boyle

Courtney B. Vance

Otis Tucker

Donald Moffat

Jack Palmer

Lyle Lovett

Manny Hood

Danny Darst

Billy Cox

Matt Malloy

Eddie "The Expert" Pitts

Randle Mell

Patrick Freeman

Niecy Nash-Betts

Wanda Carter

Anne Whitfield

Mrs. Henderson / Herodias

Red West

Mr. Henderson

Ferguson Reid

Deputy

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