Movie/film suggestions.

I recently rewatched The Commitments. Love the movie and the music.

Years ago I saw the movie Nashville (directed by Robert Altman), and while perusing the soundtrack section in the good LP vendor booth at my local vintage marketplace store yesterday I came upon the soundtrack for the movie. All the musicians are listed on the back cover, and it’s an impressive group of players (Harold Bradley, Lloyd Green, David Briggs, Vassar Clements, Johnny Gimble, Buddy Spicher, many others).

I had to look at the center label on the LP to get the song info, and it appears that Ronee Blakely was very involved in the making of the album (as well as appearing in the movie). I’m familiar with her name, but not her music, so I look forward to listening to the album. I’ve been buying from this vendor for a few years now, and he was obviously in the record business. Every LP has pertinent info written on the card each has taped to it’s plastic outer sleeve, and on this one he wrote "A great, great album!"

The cover has a very mild amount of ring wear, but the LP is in Near Mint condition. I happily paid $7 for it.

In the vein of classics:

Casablanca

First two Godfather movies.

Another Robert Altman film with a great soundtrack is "Kansas City".  It has a cheesy plot, but the highlights are jazz at the Hey Hey Club scenes.

@thecarpathian: Speaking of Casablanca, I love all Bogie's Noir movies. I recently saw In A Lonely Place for the first time, and never miss a chance to watch your choice, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, The Maltese Falcon, High Sierra, Dark Passage, and Dead Reckoning. The one movie he's in that I don't like is The African Queen; I can't stand Katharine Hepburn.