---
title: 'Cookie''s Fortune (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Altman'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cookies-fortune-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126250/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cookie's Fortune (1999)

1999 · 118 min · Comedy, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Cookie's Fortune is a 1999 American independent Southern Gothic black comedy crime film directed by Robert Altman, and starring Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Patricia Neal, Charles S. Dutton, and Chris O'Donnell. It follows a dysfunctional family in small-town Mississippi and their various responses to the suicide of their wealthy aunt, some of them turning criminal. Musicians Lyle Lovett and Ruby Wilson have minor supporting parts in the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-altman)
- **Producer:** [Robert Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-altman)
- **Screenplay:** [Anne Rapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-rapp)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David A. Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-a-stewart)
- **Director of Photography:** [Toyomichi Kurita](https://cinepixo.com/people/toyomichi-kurita)

## Cast

- [Ned Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-beatty)
- [Red West](https://cinepixo.com/people/red-west)
- [Rufus Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufus-thomas)
- [Donald Moffat](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-moffat)
- [Niecy Nash](https://cinepixo.com/people/niecy-nash)
- [Chris O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-o-donnell)
- [Liv Tyler](https://cinepixo.com/people/liv-tyler)
- [Julianne Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/julianne-moore)
- [Lyle Lovett](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-lovett)
- [Matt Malloy](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-malloy)
- [Charles S. Dutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-s-dutton)
- [Courtney B. Vance](https://cinepixo.com/people/courtney-b-vance)
- [Patricia Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-neal)
- [Glenn Close](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-close)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cookies-fortune-1999
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