Town and Country

Town and Country (and variants) may refer to:

Places

Transportation

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Music

Town & Country (film)

Town & Country is a 2001 film starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn and Garry Shandling and directed by Peter Chelsom. It is a romantic comedy in which Beatty plays an architect, with Keaton as his wife and Hawn and Shandling as their best friends. It holds the distinction of being one of the biggest box office flops in American film history.

This is Beatty's and Keaton's first film together since 1981's Reds, and Beatty's third film with Hawn since 1971's $ and 1975's Shampoo. To date, this is Beatty's last appearance on screen.

Plot

Porter Stoddard is so prosperous an architect, he has New York homes on Park Avenue and in the Hamptons, as well as a vacation lodge out west in Sun Valley. He has been married for 25 years to the equally successful Ellie, an interior designer, but has been having an affair with Alex, a beautiful young cellist.

There is trouble brewing in the marriage of their best friends. Mona Morris wants a divorce from antique-dealer husband Griffin, catching him having a hotel tryst. The part she did not catch is that Griffin's new romantic partner is a cross-dressing man.

Town and Country (album)

Town and Country is rock band Humble Pie's second studio album, released in November 1969 (see 1969 in music).

Background

"Town and Country" was Humble Pie's second studio album, released in August 1969, in the UK only.

Conceived at Steve Marriott's 16th century "Arkesden" cottage in Moreton, Essex, England, "Town and Country" offered different approach for Humble Pie, following the "roots rock" trend started by the Beatles with "Get Back". The finished LP was a departure from the "heavy" sound prevalent on Humble Pie's first album. The Beatles had initiated the "back to the roots" movement, an effort to rediscover the joys of old-time rock 'n' roll, eschewing electric guitars, and the "heavy" sound that had swept rock 'n' roll in 1968, opting instead for acoustic instruments. Humble Pie's effort blended these elements into a tasteful, and very listenable, record. The disc, a definite improvement over their first LP, "As Safe As Yesterday", bolstered the group's reputation, despite their record company's woes, and disappointing sales. Immediate Records rushed the album into UK record shops in the Fall of 1969, hoping the record would enter the charts before the company went bankrupt. However, with no promotional budget to promote it, the album quickly sank without a trace. The LP wasn't released in the US, at that time, although the band was on its first American tour when the album was released, but it got a lot of attention on underground FM stations.