An essential ’70s landmark follows 24 characters across five days in country-music Nashville: stars, strivers, hangers-on, and media. A power-hungry icon, fragile protege, narcissistic rocker, humiliated waitress, runaway dreamer, and scheming guru collide, revealing America’s fixation on celebrity and political spectacle, via Altman’s Oscar-winning, panoramic, acerbic ensemble epic portrait.