Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. That's where two young surgeons, Duke and Hawkeye end up during the Korean War. There is no plot as such, but instead a series of episodes during which they put their stamp on the camp including a football game, a trip to Tokyo to operate on a congressman's son, and finding out if the head nurse is a natural blonde. M*A*S*H* was released in 1970 by Twentieth Century fox and was a sensation during the Vietnam Conflict
Production Credits
Directed by Robert Altman
Produced by Leon Ericksen, Ingo Preminger
Written By Ring Lardner Jr
From the novel by Richard Hooker
Cinematography Harold E. Stine
Art Direction Jack Martin Smith
Music Johnny Mandel
Song: Suicide Is Painless Music Johnny Mandel
Lyrics Mike Altman
Edited by Danford B. Greene
Medical Advisor Dr. David Sachs
Assistant Director Ray Taylor, Jr.
CAST
Donald Sutherland as Captain Hawkeye Pierce
Elliot Gould as Captain Trapper John McIntyre
Tom Skerritt as Captain Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest
Sally Kellerman as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Robert Duvall as Major Frank Burns
Roger Bowen as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake
Rene Auberjonois as Lt. Father John Patrick "Dago Red" Mulcahy
David Arkin as Sergeant Major Volmer
JoAnn Pflug as Lt. Dish
Gary Burghoff as Corporal "Radar" O' Reiley
Fred Williamson as Captain Oliver Harman "Spearchucker" Jones
Micheal Murphy as Ezekial Bradbury "Me Lay" Marston
Indus Arthur as Lt. Leslie
Ken Prymus as Private First Class Seidman
Bobby Troup as Sergeant Gorman
Kim Atwood as Ho-John
Tim Brown as Corporal Judson
John Schuck as Captain Walter "Painless Pole" Waldowski
Dawne Damon as Captain Scorch
Carl Gottlieb as Captain "Ugly John" Black
Tamara Horrocks as Captain Bridget "Knocko" McCarthy
G. Wood as General Hammond
Bud Cort as Private Lorenzo Boone
Danny Goldman as Captain Murrhardt
Corey Fischer as Captain Bandini
J.B. Douglas as Colonel Merrill
Bloody funny.A hyper-acute wiretap on mankind's death wish.
Joseph Morgenstern
The laughter is blood-soaked and the comedy cloaks a bitter
and terrible truth.
Judith Crist
Academy Award :
Best Screenplay: Ring Lardner Jr
Academy Award Nomination :
Best Picture, Robert Altman,
Best Actress: Sally Kellerman
Cannes Film Festival:
Robert Altman: Golden Palm
Golden Globes:
Best Motion Picture-Musical/Comedy
Best motion Picture, Director:Robert Altman
Best Screenplay, Ring Lardner Jr.
Nominations:
Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy: Elliot Gould, Donald Sutherland
Best Supporting Actress-Sally Kellerman
Movie Script:
Quotes from M*A*S*H
