Dr. T & the Women

Dr. T and the Women is an American comedy film from the year 2000. Directed by Robert Altman, the screenplay was written by Anne Rapp, the main role was played by Richard Gere.

Action

The gynecologist Dr. T has a thriving practice in Dallas. To him, the women of the upper class, who take for an examination at the charming Dr. T often wait for hours in purchase to come. The quirks of his patients irons receptionist Carolyn likes of, because she is in love with Dr. T, but do not know what this or do not want to know. Dr. T is married to Kate, they have two daughters named Dee Dee and Connie. The latter is derived in Dallas tours to the sites of the Kennedy assassination.

In his Golf Club Dr. T one day meets the new golf teacher Bree, whose boyish appearance, he is immediately impressed and with whom he soon begins an affair. On this day finds Dr. T also that his wife was arrested for public indecency. Kate climbed naked into the wells of a shopping center and was admitted to a psychiatric facility. In the aftermath Kate continues to lose the connection to the real world.

Dee Dee is getting married. She chooses Marilyn to her bridesmaid, with whom she had an affair in high school. During the wedding ceremony Dee Dee leaves her groom sit and professes her love for Marilyn. The two burn through and letting the stunned wedding party back. Meanwhile, a storm is brewing.

Dr. T goes to Bree, only to discover that she has also ditched him. He sits down in his open convertible, although it's raining in torrents, and runs without a goal going. On the way he gets into a tornado that hurls him to a village where a woman is expecting a child. Dr. T, which, in contrast to his car survived the experience healing, helps with the birth of the child. When he sees that it's a boy, he says.

Background

The cost of production was estimated at 12 million U.S. dollars. The film played in the American cinema, an approximately 13.1 million U.S. dollars.

Synchronization

The German synchronous processing produced the Splendid Synchron GmbH, Cologne, in 2001. Synchronous directed by Michael Nowka.

Reviews

Rita Kempley criticized in the Washington Post of 13 October 2000 the performance of the performer and the " incoherent " ( " disjointed " ) screenplay.

Michael Wilmington called the film in the Chicago Tribune as "a joy " ( "joy" ) and compared it with Altman's earlier comedies such as The Player.

Awards

Robert Altman was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2000. Richard Gere was nominated in 2001 for a Golden Satellite Award.

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