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* AcclaimedFlop: The film was widely praised by critics and nominated for many awards, but grossed just over $6 million at the box office (less than a third of what ''Film/ThePlayer'' had grossed a year earlier). This has been attributed to the fact that neither Raymond Carver nor most of the cast (Creator/JackLemmon excepted) were exactly household names in 1993, so marketing the film was a struggle. Also, the three-hour-plus length didn't help matters.
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* AcclaimedFlop: The film was widely praised by critics and nominated for many awards, but grossed just over $6 million at the box office (less than a third of what ''Film/ThePlayer'' had grossed a year earlier). This has been attributed to the fact that neither Raymond Carver nor most of the cast (Creator/JackLemmon excepted) were exactly household names HouseholdNames in 1993, so marketing the film was a struggle. Also, the three-hour-plus length didn't help matters.
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* CastTheExpert: Legendary jazz vocalist Annie Ross as Tess, a veteran jazz vocalist. But averted with [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]], Lyle Lovett and Music/TomWaits, who don't play singers (and don't sing at all, except for Waits singing to himself a few times).
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* CastTheExpert: Legendary jazz vocalist Annie Ross as Tess, a veteran jazz vocalist. vocalist, and Creator/LoriSinger, a cellist as well as an actress. But averted with [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]], Lyle Lovett Music/LyleLovett and Music/TomWaits, who don't play singers (and don't sing at all, except for Waits singing to himself a few times).
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* AllStarCast: Par for the course for Creator/RobertAltman. Creator/BruceDavison, Creator/AndieMacDowell, Creator/JackLemmon, Creator/LyleLovett, Creator/MatthewModine, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/FredWard, Creator/AnneArcher, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/ChrisPenn, Creator/LiliTaylor, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/MadeleineStowe, Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/LilyTomlin, Music/TomWaits, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, Creator/PeterGallagher, Creator/BuckHenry, [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]]...and a cameo from Creator/AlexTrebek {{as himself}}.[[note]] Although contemporary reviews noted that only Lemmon was considered a major star in 1993, the others were at least familiar faces (Tomlin, Archer, Davison, and Downey were Oscar nominees, while [=McDormand=], Robbins, and Moore would win Oscars later in their careers).[[/note]]
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* AllStarCast: Par for the course for Creator/RobertAltman. Creator/BruceDavison, Creator/AndieMacDowell, Creator/JackLemmon, Creator/LyleLovett, Music/LyleLovett, Creator/MatthewModine, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/FredWard, Creator/AnneArcher, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/ChrisPenn, Creator/LiliTaylor, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/MadeleineStowe, Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/LilyTomlin, Music/TomWaits, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, Creator/PeterGallagher, Creator/BuckHenry, [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]]...and a cameo from Creator/AlexTrebek {{as himself}}.[[note]] Although contemporary reviews noted that only Lemmon was considered a major star in 1993, the others were at least familiar faces (Tomlin, Archer, Davison, and Downey were Oscar nominees, while [=McDormand=], Robbins, and Moore would win Oscars later in their careers).[[/note]]
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/TimRobbins came up with the idea of having a clown as part of the ensemble, which ultimately got transferred to Claire's character.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/TimRobbins came up with the [[Creator/FedericoFellini Fellini-esque]] idea of having a clown as part of the ensemble, which ultimately got transferred to Claire's character.
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* AllStarCast: Par for the course for Creator/RobertAltman. Creator/BruceDavison, Creator/AndieMacDowell, Creator/JackLemmon, Creator/LyleLovett, Creator/MatthewModine, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/FredWard, Creator/AnneArcher, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/ChrisPenn, Creator/LiliTaylor, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/MadeleineStowe, Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/LilyTomlin, Music/TomWaits, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, Creator/PeterGallagher, Creator/BuckHenry, Creator/HueyLewis...and a cameo from Creator/AlexTrebek {{as himself}}.[[note]] Although contemporary reviews noted that only Lemmon was considered a major star in 1993, the others were at least familiar faces (Tomlin, Archer, Davison, and Downey were Oscar nominees, while [=McDormand=], Robbins, and Moore would win Oscars later in their careers).[[/note]]
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* AllStarCast: Par for the course for Creator/RobertAltman. Creator/BruceDavison, Creator/AndieMacDowell, Creator/JackLemmon, Creator/LyleLovett, Creator/MatthewModine, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/FredWard, Creator/AnneArcher, Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/ChrisPenn, Creator/LiliTaylor, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/MadeleineStowe, Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/LilyTomlin, Music/TomWaits, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, Creator/PeterGallagher, Creator/BuckHenry, Creator/HueyLewis...[[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]]...and a cameo from Creator/AlexTrebek {{as himself}}.[[note]] Although contemporary reviews noted that only Lemmon was considered a major star in 1993, the others were at least familiar faces (Tomlin, Archer, Davison, and Downey were Oscar nominees, while [=McDormand=], Robbins, and Moore would win Oscars later in their careers).[[/note]]
