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 NEW YORK (AP) - As a swirling mix of family, actors, directors and producers remembered Robert Altman in a Manhattan service Tuesday, the overlapping, communal atmosphere reminded more than a few of the kind of scene the filmmaker reveled in documenting.
"There's a hilarious new movie in preproduction up in heaven," said Tim Robbins, adding the title: "The Memorial." "He's watching the people on stage, yes, but there are other cameras lurking around the theater today (observing) the subplots, the subterfuge, the silliness, the whispered comments, the backstage preening."
The service was held at the Majestic Theater (usually home to "The Phantom of the Opera"), on what would have been Altman's 82nd birthday. It was filled with luminaries: Lauren Bacall, Paul Newman, Kevin Kline, Harvey Keitel, Julianne Moore, Lily Tomlin, Harry Belafonte, Glenn Close and Steve Buscemi among them.
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