3 Women is a 1977 American film directed by Robert Altman, starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice Rule. The story came directly from a dream Altman had, which he did not fully understand, but nonetheless adapted into a treatment, intending to film without a script. 20th Century Fox financed the project based on Altman's reputation, but a script was completed before filming, although, as with most Altman films, the script was just the beginning for what emerges during production. The film depicts the increasingly bizarre, mysterious relationship between a woman (Duvall) and her room mate (Spacek) in a dusty, underpopulated Californian town.
For a significant number of years, the film was unavailable on home video, however it managed to gain somewhat of a reputation as a cult film after frequent broadcastings on television in the 1980s and 1990s. The film was given a long-awaited DVD release in 2004 by the Criterion Collection, featuring a feature-length commentary by Altman himself. In 2011, the film was given the Blu-ray treatment, also released by Criterion.
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