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M*A*S*H is a 1970 American comedy drama and war film directed by Robert Altman. The screenplay, written by Ring Lardner Jr., is based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. The cast includes Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, and Sally Kellerman. Produced by Ingo Preminger and 20th Century Studios, the film was shot in Malibu and features dialogue in English, Japanese, and Korean.
The movie has a runtime of 116 minutes and was released on February 18, 1970. It is associated with the New Hollywood movement and was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+. The film received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and the Palme d'Or. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Film Editing.
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6.9One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.
Cast
- Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye Pierce
- Elliott Gould as Trapper John McIntyre
- Tom Skerritt as Duke Forrest
- Sally Kellerman as Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan
- Robert Duvall as Maj. Frank Burns
- Roger Bowen as Lt. Col. Henry Blake
Themes
- american football
- dark comedy
- surgeon
- american way of life
- korean war (1950-53)
- military spoof
- doctor
- surgery
- anti war
- military hospital
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Altman
- Screenplay by
- Ring Lardner Jr.
- Based on
- MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors , 1968 novel, by Richard Hooker
- Produced by
- Ingo Preminger
- Starring
- Donald Sutherland Elliott Gould Tom Skerritt Sally Kellerman Robert Duvall Roger Bowen René Auberjonois Michael Murphy
- Cinematography
- Harold E. Stine
- Edited by
- Danford B. Greene
- Music by
- Johnny Mandel
- Production companies
- Aspen Productions Ingo Preminger Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- January 25, 1970 ( 1970-01-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- $81.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
M*A*S*H is a 1970 American satirical black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner Jr., based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.
The film depicts a unit of medical personnel stationed at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War. It stars Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, and Elliott Gould, with Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, René Auberjonois, Gary Burghoff, Roger Bowen, Michael Murphy, and in his film debut, professional football player Fred Williamson. Although the Korean War is the film's storyline setting, the subtext is the Vietnam War – a current event at the time the film was made.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “MASH” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.