Dr. T & The Women
Dr. T & The Women is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Altman, featuring an ensemble cast including Richard Gere as wealthy gynecologist Dr. Sullivan Travis ("Dr. T") and Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, and Liv Tyler as the various women that he encounters in his everyday life. The movie was primarily filmed in Dallas, Texas, and was released in US theaters on October 13, 2000. The film's music was composed by American composer and alternative country singer Lyle Lovett, who released an album of his score in September 2000.
Plot
Dr. Sullivan 'Sully' Travis (aka "Dr. T."), a wealthy Dallas gynecologist for some of the wealthiest ladies in Texas, finds his life beginning to fall apart starting when his wife, Kate, suffers from 'Hestia Complex', a rare type of stigmatization syndrome of wealthy women, receding into a strange state and, after she disrobes in a shopping mall fountain while shopping for their daughter's wedding registry at Tiffany's, is committed to the state mental hospital. When Dr. T visits Kate, she rebuffs his kisses as improper and he sees her old psyche cannot be brought back to now by his affection. Dr. T's daughter, Dee Dee, a student at Southern Methodist University and alternate for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, is planning to go through with her approaching wedding despite the secret that she is romantically involved with Marilyn, her former college friend in Houston and the maid of honor. Dr. T's other daughter, Connie, is a conspiracy theorist and eventually reveals to her father that Dee Dee and Marilyn are lovers.
More details
author | Anne Rapp |
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contentLocation | Dallas |
director | Robert Altman |
editor | Geraldine Peroni |
genre | comedy |
keywords | baby begin dallas cowboys cheerleaders divorce first time golf club gynecologist gynecology hestia houston little girl love maid of honor mental hospital morning after plan run away shopping mall southern methodist university three daughters tiffany & co. tiffany\'s tiny house turn vanish walk wedding registry wedding ring white dress |
musicBy | Lyle Lovett |
producer | James McLindon Robert Altman |
productionCompany | Initial Entertainment Group |
publisher | 20th Century Fox Artisan Entertainment Lumière Variety |
theme | lgbt-related romantic comedy |