Critic Billy Altman, whose work has appeared in many publications including Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times, wrote the following for Amazon. com: " One of rock's most overlooked masterpieces, this third album by the L. A. folk-rock outfit led by inscrutable singer-songwriter Arthur Lee sounds as fresh and innovative today as it did upon its original release in 1968.

Altman had a Catholic upbringing, but he did not continue to practice as a Catholic as an adult, although he has been referred to as " a sort of Catholic " and a Catholic director.

During the 1980s, Altman did a series of films, some well-received ( Secret Honor, Streamers ), and some critically panned ( O. C.

Morgenthau and the federal government brought indictments against Clifford and Altman, but did not pursue Clifford due to his age and deteriorating health ( he died in 1998 ).

Critical reaction to the album was often mixed ; for example, Rolling Stones Billy Altman concluded that it did not completely accurately reproduce Poe's tension and macabre fear, ending by claiming that " devotees of Gothic literature will have to wait for someone with more of the macabre in their blood for a truer musical reading of Poe's often terrifying works ".

Although Rhoden was officially the producer, Altman did most of that type of work himself.

As Altman said years later, “ I wrote the thing in five days, cast it, picked the locations, drove the generator truck, got the people together, took no money, and we just did it, that's all ”.

Hornberger reportedly did not like Alan Alda's portrayal in the TV series, although he viewed the original Robert Altman movie many times, in which Pierce was played by Donald Sutherland.

However, Laughlin and Altman did not get along well, having sharply differing views on acting ; Altman later describing Laughlin as " an unbelievable pain in the ass ".

Following the end of Carmen Sandiego in 1996, Altman left Rockapella to pursue his solo career the following year, and was replaced by Kevin Wright ; it was this line-up that would find itself gaining a boost in popularity in the late 1990s and the early 2000s.

Altman had immensely liked Cohen's debut album, Songs of Leonard Cohen ( 1967 ), buying additional copies of it after wearing each one out.

Durang has denounced the Robert Altman 1987 film adaptation of Beyond Therapy, calling it " horrific " and accusing Altman of totally rewriting the script " so that all psychology is thrown out the window, and the characters dash around acting crazy but with literally no behavioral logic underneath.

Altman then worked out a compromise for communication whereby Altman would tell Laughlin exactly what he wanted in any given scene.

Altman pointed out that the tendency to blame rich countries and pharmaceutical companies for the failure to stem the rising tide of AIDS ignored that the fact that " even poor countries can afford to support good prevention efforts, as Uganda and Cambodia remind us.

Many critics who reviewed Spellbound singled out Altman ( speller # 8 ) as its most interesting " character ".

Le made his mixed martial arts debut at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie on March 10, 2006, at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, knocking out kickboxing rival Mike Altman at 3: 51 of the first round.

Although some purists alleged that Begin was out to steal Jabotinsky's mantle and refused to defect from the party, under the leadership of Aryeh Altman, Hatzohar won less than 1 % of the vote in Israel's first elections and failed to cross the Knesset's electoral threshold.

Teddy Altman abused his shapeshifting powers to hang out with a more popular kid.

Kay Reindl, a friend of Mark A. Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett, and a television writer on Millennium and The Twilight Zone, felt that they could make a film out of their clique's obsession with Star Trek.

Altman was still developing new projects up until his death, including a film based on Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary ( 1997 ).

and sneaked Foster into the screening ; Foster liked the film and agreed to have Altman direct McCabe ; the two of them agreed to wait until M. A. S. H.

The program was created by Sophie Altman, who continued as executive producer until she died on May 24, 2008.

When Alfred Hitchcock saw the film, he was apparently impressed enough to give Altman a job directing episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which led to more television work for Altman over the next decade.

European and U. S. viewers also saw the previous play, a flyout to Altman by Phillies ' leadoff hitter Tony Taylor.

* 1949 – John Altman, British film composer

He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors and he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.

* Kansas City ( film ), a 1996 film by Robert Altman

* Nashville ( film ), 1975 American musical film directed by Robert Altman

* Foreign rights to the 1975 Robert Altman film Nashville, are currently owned by ABC through Walt Disney Pictures but Paramount still owns North American rights ( both Paramount and ABC share copyrights ).

* February 20 – Robert Altman, American film director ( d. 2006 )

Robert Bernard Altman ( February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006 ) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective.

In February 2012, an early Calvin film directed by Altman, Modern Football ( 1951 ), was found by filmmaker Gary Huggins.

Altman directed some 65 industrial films and documentaries before being hired by a local businessman in 1956 to write and direct a feature film in Kansas City on juvenile delinquency.

Two years later, Altman was hired to direct the low-budget space travel feature Countdown, but was fired within days of the project's conclusion because he had refused to edit the film to a manageable length.

Though some critics thought it a failure, the film made money, and was the second highest-grossing film Altman had directed to that point.

The film director Paul Thomas Anderson dedicated his 2007 film There Will Be Blood to Altman.

The radio program inspired a 2006 film of the same name, written by Keillor, directed by Robert Altman and featuring Keillor, Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, and Woody Harrelson.

Robert Altman directed the film, which is a fictional representation of behind-the-scenes activities on a long-running radio show that has unexpectedly been canceled.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a 1971 American Western film starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, and directed by Robert Altman.

Altman reported that an official in the Presbyterian Church called Warner Brothers to complain about having its church mentioned in the context of a film about brothels and gambling.

Altman countered that since those were the only scenes left to film, it was best to start since there was nothing else to do.

For the distinctive cinematography, Altman and Zsigmond chose to " flash ' ( pre-fog ) the actual film negative, as well as use a number of filters on the cameras, rather than manipulate the film in post-production ; in this way the studio could not force him to change the film's look to something less distinctive.