Altman""s cast included four actresses (Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black and Kathy Bates) who were also directed by Altman in the Broadway production.The wife slowly rises and enters their bedroom, where she waits helplessly for her husband and sobs with her head buried in a pillow next to their young child.He stabbed one man in the hand, and when the bartender pulled a gun, Lensherr directed it to shoot and kill he second man, and then murdered the bartender.It was a phenomenal hit - the third-highest grossing film of the summer of 1999.The film received one Academy Award Oscar nomination: Best Makeup.Also the recipient of an MTV Award for Best On-Screen Duo (Myers and Troyer) and Best Villain (Myers).