# Cookie's Fortune (1999)

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**Runtime**: 118 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Robert Altman
**Written by**: Anne Rapp
**Starring**: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell, Charles S. Dutton, Patricia Neal

> *Welcome to Holly Springs... home of murder, mayhem and catfish enchiladas.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Someone stages a suicide after a matriarch’s sudden demise just to keep the inheritance local. A town’s worth of loony relatives and a journalist descend on the scene. The one real surprise is Altman’s ability to make chaos feel like community theater.

**Mood tags**: outsider, playful

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