Editing Nashville (film) (section)

===Post-production===
''Nashville'''s opening [[title sequence]] was designed by the [[film title design]]er [[Dan Perri]], who had recently enjoyed his big break with his work on  ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' (1973). Under Altman's direction, Perri based the film's unusual, [[kitsch]]y title sequence on low-budget [[K-Tel Records]] television commercials, and brought in [[Johnny Grant (radio personality)|Johnny Grant]] to provide the loud, brash [[voiceover]]. Perri later went on to design titles for a number of other major Hollywood pictures, including ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' (1976), ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977), and ''[[Raging Bull]]'' (1980).<ref name="perkins">{{cite web|last1=Perkins|first1=Will|title=Dan Perri: A Career Retrospective|url=http://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/dan-perri-a-career-retrospective/|website=[[Art of the Title]]|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811100417/http://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/dan-perri-a-career-retrospective/|archive-date=11 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

Altman had enough footage to produce a four-hour film, and assistant director [[Alan Rudolph]] suggested he create an expanded version of ''Nashville'' to be shown in two parts, "Nashville Red" and "Nashville Blue", but the film ultimately remained intact.{{sfn|Stuart|2003|p=276}} After a rush of critical acclaim, ABC expressed interest in a proposal for a 10-hour [[miniseries]] of ''Nashville'', based on the footage not used in the final cut, but plans for the project were scrapped.{{sfn|Stuart|2003|p=276}} The additional footage has not been made available on DVD releases.

However, in a 2000 interview with ''The A.V. Club'', Altman disputed the claim that he had several hours worth of deleted scenes to cut another feature-length film (or two) out of. Altman claimed that there "were no deleted scenes" and that "almost everything we shot is in that film". Altman further stated the unseen, extra footage that wasn't used in the final cut of the film was mainly music and not much else.