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Robert Altman
The director and producer died in a Los Angeles hospital on November 20. (REUTERS/AMPAS/Handout ) REUTERS/AMPAS/Handout
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The real world of Robert Altman

His films showed how everyday people behaved

By Ty Burr
Globe Staff / November 26, 2006

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The cliche was that Robert Altman was a maverick, swimming upstream against Hollywood's usual way of doing business. And the filmmaker was happy to live up to that image, inasmuch as he cared at all about public perception, industry reputation -- anything other than the movies. (Full article: 1004 words)

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