Dr. T & the Women
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Director Robert Altman re-teams with Cookie's Fortune scribe Anne Rapp for this tale of a Dallas gynecologist and the parade of anxious patients, haggard family members, and potential love interests who come his way. Richard Gere plays the titular role of Dr. Sullivan Travis, a calm, successful, and much sought-after ob-gyn who witnesses his normally stable life come apart over the course of one rainy autumn. As the film opens, Dr. T and his wife Kate are preparing for the wedding of their Dallas Cowboys cheerleader daughter Dee Dee. Their other daughter ù the Kennedy-assassination conspiracy theorist Connieù has her doubts about the impending nuptials, but Dr. T chalks them up to routine sibling jealousy. Meanwhile, escaping a messy divorce, boozy sister-in-law Peggy moves into the Travis household with her three toddler daughters in tow. For release, Dr. T finds solace target shooting and golfing (occasionally at the same time) with his buddies; and at his country club, he meets a beguiling golf pro, Bree. When the child-like Kate loses her grip on reality during a flatware shopping spree, Bree offers to give the kindly doctor some lessons in his swing, both on and off the fairways.
Starring Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett
Director Robert Altman