Nashville (film)

Nashville is a 1975 American musical film directed by Robert Altman and features a large ensemble cast of stars. A winner of many awards including an Academy Award for Best Original Song. and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The film is about multiple storylines of people involved in the country and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee.

Muppet Mentions

 * Linnea Reese sang "Sing" and signed the song to her children who are deaf. The song and Joe Raposo recieved credit at the end of the film.
 * The television set in Tom's room was playing segments from The Electric Company and the Sesame Street sketch of Beat the Time with Cookie Monster.

Connections

 * Ned Beatty plays Delbert "Del" Reese
 * Geraldine Chaplin plays Opal, a wacky, celebrity-obsessed, self-absorbed BBC radio reporter.
 * Shelley Duvall plays Martha
 * Jeff Goldblum plays Tricycle Man
 * Elliott Gould plays himself
 * Lily Tomlin plays Linnea Reese