M*A*S*H [Blu-ray]

M*A*S*H [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Altman Cast: Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
, Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould
, Sally Kellerman
Sally Kellerman
, Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Altman
M*A*S*H [Blu-ray]

M*A*S*H [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Altman Cast: Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
, Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould
, Sally Kellerman
Sally Kellerman
, Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Altman

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

Although he was not the first choice to direct it, the hit black comedy MASH established Robert Altman as one of the leading figures of Hollywood's 1970s generation of innovative and irreverent young filmmakers. Scripted by Hollywood veteran Ring Lardner, Jr., this war comedy details the exploits of military doctors and nurses at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean War. Between exceptionally gory hospital shifts and countless rounds of martinis, wisecracking surgeons Hawkeye Pierce (Donald Sutherland) and Trapper John McIntyre (Elliott Gould) make it their business to undercut the smug, moralistic pretensions of Bible-thumper Maj. Frank Burns (Robert Duvall) and Army true-believer Maj. "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Sally Kellerman). Abetted by such other hedonists as Duke Forrest (Tom Skerritt) and Painless Pole (John Schuck), as well as such (relative) innocents as Radar O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff), Hawkeye and Trapper John drive Burns and Houlihan crazy while engaging in such additional blasphemies as taking a medical trip to Japan to play golf, staging a mock Last Supper to cure Painless's momentary erectile dysfunction, and using any means necessary to win an inter-MASH football game. MASH creates a casual, chaotic atmosphere emphasizing the constant noise and activity of a surgical unit near battle lines; it marked the beginning of Altman's sustained formal experiments with widescreen photography, zoom lenses, and overlapping sound and dialogue, further enhancing the atmosphere with the improvisational ensemble acting for which Altman's films quickly became known. Although the on-screen war was not Vietnam, MASH's satiric target was obvious in 1970, and Vietnam War-weary and counter-culturally hip audiences responded to Altman's nose-thumbing attitude towards all kinds of authority and embraced the film's frankly tasteless yet evocative humor and its anti-war, anti-Establishment, anti-religion stance. MASH became the third most popular film of 1970 after Love Story and Airport, and it was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. As further evidence of the changes in Hollywood's politics, blacklist survivor Lardner won the Oscar for his screenplay. MASH began Altman's systematic 1970s effort to revise classic Hollywood genres in light of contemporary American values, and it gave him the financial clout to make even more experimental and critical films like McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), California Split (1974), and Nashville (1975). It also inspired the long-running TV series starring Alan Alda as Hawkeye and Burghoff as Radar. With its formal and attitudinal impudence, and its great popularity, MASH was one more confirmation in 1970 that a Hollywood "New Wave" had arrived.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/01/2009
UPC: 0024543599951
Original Release: 1970
Rating: R
Source: BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:56:00
Sales rank: 4,470

Special Features

The complete interactive guide to M*A*S*H; Commentary by director Robert Altman; AMC Backstory: M*A*S*H; Documentaries:; Enlisted: The Story of M*A*S*H; M*A*S*H: History Through the Lens; Remembering M*A*S*H: 30th anniversary cast & crew reunion; Original theatrical trailer; Portuguese trailer; Still gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Donald Sutherland Hawkeye Pierce
Elliott Gould Trapper John
Sally Kellerman Hot Lips Houlihan
Robert Duvall Maj. Frank Burns
Tom Skerritt Duke Forrest
Jo Ann Pflug Lt. Hot Dish
Rene Auberjonois Father John Patrick "Dago Red "Mulcahy
Roger Bowen Col. Henry Blake
Gary Burghoff Radar O'Reilly
David Arkin Sgt. Major Vollmer
Fred Williamson Spearchucker Jones
Michael Murphy Capt. 'Me Lai' Marston
Kim Atwood Ho-Jon
Tim Brown Cpl. Judson,Football Player
Indus Arthur Lt. Leslie
John Schuck Painless Pole
Ken Prymus Pfc. Seidman
Dwayne Damon Capt. Scorch
Carl Gottlieb Ugly John
Tamara Horrocks Capt. Knocko
G. Wood Gen. Hammond
Bobby Troup Sgt. Gorman
Bud Cort Pvt. Lorenzo Boone
Danny Goldman Capt. Murrhardt
Corey Fischer Capt. Bandini,Capt. Bandini
J.B. Douglas Col. Douglas
Yoko Young Japanese Servant
Ben Davidson Football Player
Fran Tarkenton Football Player
Howard Williams Football Player
Jack Concannon Football Player
John Myers Football Player
Tom Woodeschick Football Player
Buck Buchanan Football Player
Nolan Smith Football Player
Monica Peterson Pretty WAC
Cathleen Cordell Nurse Corps Captain
Sumi Haru Japanese Nurse
Susan Ikeda Japanese Caddy
Masami Saito Japanese Caddy
John Mamo Japanese Golf Pro
Samantha Scott Nurse/Pin-up Model
Tom Falk Corporal
Harvey Levine 2nd Lieutenant
Dianne Turley Correspondent
Weaver Levy Korean Doctor
Dale Ishimoto Korean Doctor
Jerry Jones Motor Pool Sergeant
Stephen Altman Hawkeye's 5-Year-Old Son
Hiroko Watanabe Korean Prostitute
Ted Knight Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Marvin Miller Offstage Dialog
Lloyd Nelson Actor
Johnny Mandel Composer

Technical Credits
L.B. Abbott Special Effects
Robert Altman Director
Art Cruickshank Special Effects
Ingo Preminger Producer
Ring Lardner Jr. Screenwriter
Bernard Freericks Sound/Sound Designer
Ring Lardner Screenwriter
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