Director Robert Altman's epic look at the social and musical life of Nashville, the home of country music, is one of his best, most entertaining movies. A huge music festival is taking place alongside a political rally for a presidential candidate, whose aides plan to persuade several top singers to tub-thump his cause. A fired-up Altman shot the mammoth movie in just 45 days for a tiny $2million, with all 24 stars agreeing to accept the same money. Keith Carradine's song I'm Easy actually won an Oscar, while Elliott Gould and Julie Christie have cameos as themselves.