DGA Monthly - Volume 4 - Issue 4 - April 2007 - click here to return to table of contents
DGA Magazine VOL 28-3: September 2003
Angela Lansbury, Ernest Borgnine, and Delbert Mann. - photo by Trixie Textor - click image for larger view.

If I look back at all my work, it all seems like yesterday. I can’t imagine how all this time got away. All of it is basically the same; none of it comes from any brilliance. It comes from enthusiasm, a little bit of ego and tenacity. It’s been such a gift to do any of this.”

Robert Altman
1925 - 2006

Altman portrait by Michael Grecco - Altman Tribute event photos by Trixie Textor
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On Sunday, March 4, 2007, the Directors Guild of America presented a tribute honoring the late Robert Altman in the theatre complex of the Guild’s Los Angeles headquarters.

Following greetings and a welcome from DGA President Michael Apted, the tribute featured testimonials from co-workers and friends including: directors Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alan Rudolph and Mark Rydell; actors Elliott Gould, Robin Williams, Michael Murphy, Garrison Keillor, Laura Dern, Malcolm McDowell, Robert Graham and Angelica Huston; Altman’s sons Michael, Stephen, Robert Reed and Matthew; and special musical performances by actor Sally Kellerman, Bill Henderson and the Van Dyke Parks Quartet. The afternoon also included a screening of a special Robert Altman film tribute compiled by director Chuck Workman.
DGA President Michael Apted welcomes the audience. - photos by Trixie Textor
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Actors Clive Owen and Malcolm McDowell with Altman’s widow Kathryn Reed.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson.
Comedian Robin Williams recalls his experiences on Altman’s Popeye..
DGA Third Vice President Taylor Hackford remembers Altman with Director Alan Rudolph.
Altman’s son Michael speaks of his father with a photo of his brothers Stephen, Robert Reed, and Matthew.
Director Mark Rydell was an actor in Altman’s The Long Goodbye.
Actors Sally Kellerman and Bill Henderson perform the song “Suicide is Painless” from Altman’s feature M*A*S*H.
Director Martin Scorsese appeared in Altman’s mini-series Tanner on Tanner.
DGA Past President Arthur Hiller chats with actress Laura Dern.

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