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COOKIE'S Fortune: Donald Moffat, Charles S. Dutton, Liv Tyler and Ned Beatty
are part of the ensemble cast in Robert Altman’s new film.

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Skew Cookie'’s Fortune.
Directed by Robert
Altman. Starring Glenn
Close, Julianne Moore,
Charles S. Dutton and
Liv Tyler. Opens today at
the Park Theatre.

Julie Crawford
Filin Reviews

WHETHER or not you
enjoy Cookie’s Fortune
depends on how you
feel about director
Robert Altman.

Altman purists hunyering
for a bitingly witty film in the
same vein as The Player and
Short Cuts will find Cookie’s Fortune hard to
swallow, but those looking for something
lighter will find the film sweet and palatable.

The tifm takes place in the South, which is
parodied sometimes subtly, sometimes ruthless-
ty by Altman. Holly Springs i is the type of town
where a man’s bonour is determined by
whether or not he fishes, and a woman’s hon-
our is still her greatest possession.

“Cookie” Orcutt (Patricia Neal) is one of
the grand old dames of the town, but she
flaunts such convention, much to the chagrin
of her pious niece Camille (Glenn Clo:e), the
town’s self appointed cultural esthete.

Camille is director of the church production
of Salome (billed as written by Oscar Wilde
and Camille herself) starring Camille’s meek

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es St

ROBERT Altman direct-
ing Cookie’s Fortune.

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sister Cora Qufianne Moore i.
When the wo pay a visit to
Aunt Cookie and discover her
dead, Camille hastily cats the
suicide note and inserices
Cora to tell ne one, because
“suicide is a disgrace.”

The plan to make the suicide
took fike a robbery /murder
works all too well, and Willis
(Charles §. Dutton), Cookic’s
beloved companion and odd-
job man, is charged with the
crime.

Other than Willis che only
family member Covkie could
abide was her great-nicce
Enya (Liv Tyler). Emma is
totally unlike her mother
Cora, and shares Willis’ pas-
sion for Wild Turkey and a
passion of her own for rookie deputy Jason
(Chris O°Donnell). No one really believes that
Willis killed Cookie. The search tor the truth
yields a whole mess of family secrets, paternity
revelations, hidden passions, and the truth
about Cookie’s fortune.

All the performances are excellent.
Supporting players include Lyle Lovett, Ned
Bearry, Donald Moffat, Courtney B. Vanee and
blues musicians Rutus Thomas and Ruby
Wilson. No actor is pushed beyond his or her
abilities so they all look at case in their roles.

There’s nothing complicated about Anne
Rapp’s sercenplay but energetic performances
by a stellar ensemble cast, coupled with a few
good plot twists, makes Cookie’s Fortune an
enjoyable two hours.

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