okay and he make a movie about gangster in kansa city which feature a bar where free form jazz be play and so he decide a nice way to make the movie ( what a surprise ) be to give the actor free reign to improvise their line . it may sound like a good idea altman sure think it do and he use it to make most of his movie but this be no excuse for offer u a muddled and terribly act half baked film that essentially have about three scene that be stretch out . the plot of this be one of the bad youre likely to see . i remember and at the time i be watch it and i felt there be such major problem with the motivation within the story that completely undo it narrative structure . it pain me enough to recollect the movie and let alone think of it in that much detail . what altman doesn not seem to realise be that improvisation seem to make most actor nervous . when theyre say a line they know they have make up during rehersals and they seem not to believe in it . it may have work for brando in last tango in paris but brando be a titan . these actor and and most name actor altman show the true colour of and be not . the first major mistake be give harry belafonte improvisation priveleges . god and be he obnoxious in this . he the bad guy and but he not obnoxious in a way that make you think oh and isn not he good or maybe isn not this fun . you just think belafonte be an arrogant guy . jason leigh accent and act be particularly hammy . miranda richardson be the only one who escape unscathed . she pretty good . negative . film this bad be rare . can not recommend enough that you avoid this like the plague .