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| Category | Comedies DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Recommended Videos, War, Essential Cinema, Military, Black Comedy, Satire, Buddies, Doctors, AFI Top 100 (1997), AFI Top 100, AFI Top 100 Movie Songs, AFI Top 100 Laughs | | Starring | Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Robert Duvall, Tom Skerritt, Rene Auberjonois, Roger Bowen, Sally Kellerman, Jo Ann Pflug | | Director | Robert Altman | | Art Director | Jack Martin Smith, Arthur Lonergan | | Composer | Johnny Mandel | | Director of Photography | Harold E. Stine | | Editor | Danford B. Greene | | Producer | Ingo Preminger | | Screenwriter | Ring Lardner, Jr. |
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments With the release of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H in 1970, a new form of comedy was born, one that would help to forever change the face of cinema. Altman's audacious film reflected the American counterculture's growing distrust of religion and government in the late 1960s and early 1970s, resulting in one of the biggest box office smashes of its time. Introducing the techniques he would employ throughout his storied career--overlapping dialogue, a constantly moving camera with a heavy amount of zooming, and a bold combination of frank subject matter with cynical humor--Altman immediately vaulted himself to Hollywood's upper ranks. Based on the novel by Richard Hooker, M*A*S*H follows a group of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital officers as they perform surgery and pass the time just miles from the front lines of the Korean conflict. Led by sardonic captains "Hawkeye" Pierce (Donald Sutherland) and "Trapper" John McIntyre (Elliott Gould), the film has the feel of an absurd three-ring circus. Other characters include the uptight nurse "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan (Sally Kellerman), the confused Major Frank Burns (Robert Duvall), the troubled Captain "Painless" Waldowski (John Shuck), and the simpleminded Captain "Duke" Forrest (Tom Skerritt). Altman's decision to present his film as a series of loosely connected vignettes rather than a traditionally unfolding narrative perfectly captures the freewheeling spirit so unique to early-'70s cinema. Theatrical release: January 25, 1970
M*A*S*H was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1996.
The film is based on a series of novels by the pseudonymous Dr. Richard Hooker, a real doctor whose tour of duty in Korea served as the basis for the books.
Robert Altman was the 15th choice as director for the film.
At the time of the film's release, M*A*S*H became the 10th highest-grossing film of all time, a feat made all the more impressive because of its low budget.
Altman recruited his teenage son, Mike, to write the lyrics for the film's theme song, "Suicide Is Painless." Altman joked in 1999 that while his son still receives royalty checks for his efforts, Altman never saw any of the proceeds from the hugely successful television series.
The television spin-off was a critical and commercial success for 11 seasons on CBS. However, the series was even further removed from the original source material than the movie was.
Gary Burghoff reprised his role as Radar O'Reilly on the TV series; he was the only actor from the movie to do so. M*A*S*H Quotes/Excerpts: "I wonder how a degenerate person like you could have reached a position of responsibility in the Army Medical Corps."--Hot Lips (Sally Kellerman) to Dago Red (Rene Auberjonois)
"He was drafted."--Dago Red's reply to Hot Lips
M*A*S*H Reviews: "...[An] inspired, skittish conflict comedy....Subtle, underplayed and poignant..."
-- Daniel Webb, Total Film "M*A*S*H* is still funny..." -- Grade: B+
-- Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly "[I]t still boasts a splendid ensemble...[and] a breezy antiestablishment attitude..."-- Premiere Staff, Premiere M*A*S*H | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.49) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 1970 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4421  | | CD Universe Part number | 6746590 | | Catalog number | 2223345 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 07, 2004 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | sexual content | | Also Known As | MASH; M.A.S.H | | Running Time | 116 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Single Disc Version |
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For years I have seen this movie on TV and it is always cut up so badly that you are at a loss as to what is going on sometimes. This uncut DVD was excellant and I enjoyed it immensely.
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 MASH the movie is funny and hilarious!
I think it's one of the funniest and most box-office academy award winning for best screenplay in 1970 of all-time. Donald Sutherland did a good job playing Hawkeye Pierce which was also Alan Alda's character in the TV series. My favorite classic two scenes is when Hawkeye and Frank Burns played by Robert Duvall is trying to eat his oatmeal for breakfast. While Hawkeye talks about the sexual encounter between Frank and Hot Lips Margart Houlahan (Sally Kellerman). Hawkeye gets on Frank's nerves until he keeps on talking about them in bed. Then suddenly Frank punches Hawkeye in the face. When awkeye shout out and says "Frank Has Gone Insanne Or Nuts!" And also where the entire Mash 4077 army military camp pulls up the curtain. Where Margaret is having a shower naked in the private tents. Everyone starts yelling out and clapping by saying this "BRAVO!, "BRAVO!"
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Best Film of 1970
I used to think that Five Easy Pieces was the best movie of 1970, but I've come to agree with everybody else that this is a more skillful, more entertaining, more resonant film, and most importantly, it stays with you. Altman's irreverant approach perfectly illustrates the sheer contemptibility of war and those who wage it, without losing sight of the horror undergone by those who fight it.
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