Kansas City (1996)

Directed by

Robert Altman

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 98 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Kansas City, a woman kidnaps the wife of a powerful political boss to force her husband's release from a gangster's custody. The city's jazz scene provides the backdrop as the plot intertwines with local crime and politics.

grittyjazzytensemelancholicatmosphericvisually stylizedslow-burnnostalgic

What happens

Kansas City is a 1996 American crime film directed by Robert Altman, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy and Steve Buscemi. The musical score of Kansas City is integrated into the film, with modern-day musicians recreating the Kansas City jazz of 1930s. The film was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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