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Robert Altman documentary in the works

Film director and writer Robert Altman, seen in this March 5, 2006 photo at the 78th Annual Academy Awards, in Hollywood, California, passed away in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 81, on November 20, 2006. Altman was nominated for five best-director Oscars but never won until he was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2006. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey/FILE)
Film director and writer Robert Altman, seen in this March 5, 2006 photo at the 78th Annual Academy Awards, in Hollywood, California, passed away in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 81, on November 20, 2006. Altman was nominated for five best-director Oscars but never won until he was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2006. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey/FILE) | License Photo

CANNES, France, May 17 (UPI) -- Ron Mann is to direct and produce a feature-length documentary about late American filmmaker Robert Altman, Sphinx Productions announced.

Altman died in 2006 at age 81. His film credits include "M*A*S*H," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," "Nashville," "The Player," "Short Cuts," "Gosford Park" and "A Prairie Home Companion."

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"I am pleased and honored to have acclaimed documentarian Ron Mann shepherd this long overdue project," Kathryn Reed Altman, Robert Altman's widow and a consultant on the documentary, said in a statement. "Ron's prodigious, challenging, engaging, and one-of-a-kind films revealed him to be the perfect choice to examine and celebrate Bob's monumental life and art. I have no doubt Bob would be happy and may well be smiling right now."

"Robert Altman reinvented not only what a movie might be, but how we might view ourselves. His films continue to inspire us today," Mann said.

The film is scheduled to be completed in mid-2013. Accompanying the documentary will be a touring exhibit, an illustrated companion book, and music soundtrack, its producers said.

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