A box office bomb and critical failure in the U.S. at the time of its release in 1971, it has continually been reassessed, and finally made a profit in 1983. Prior to his signature role, Cort — born March 29, 1948, in Rye, New York — had been discovered by filmmaker Robert Altman, making his credited debut in "M*A*S*H" (1970) and working with him again in "Brewster McCloud" (1970), the latter of which earned him a Laurel Award nomination for Male Star of Tomorrow. His eclectic résumé included "Gas-s-s-s" (1971), "Pumping Iron" (1977), "Die Laughing" (1980), "The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud" (1984), "Love Letters" (1984), the voice of he computer in "Electric Dreams" (1984), "Invaders from Mars" (1986), "The Chocolate War" (1988), "Heat" (1995), "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (1998), "Dogma" (1999), "But I'm a Cheerleader" (1999), "Coyote Ugly" (2000), "Pollock" (2000), "Made" (2001), and "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004).
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Published at: 2026-02-11 23:29:08
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