MASH / Twentieth Century Fox ; Aspen Productions ; screenplay by Ring Lardner, Jr. ; produced by Ingo Preminger ; directed by Robert Altman.
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FilmPublisher number: 2259995 | 20th Century FoxLanguage: English, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Thai Original language: English Subtitle language: Portuguese, German, Chinese, English, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: [Blu-ray version, Widescreen format]Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Title on container: M*A*S*H
- MASH (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Harold E. Stine ; film editor, Danford B. Greene ; music, Johnny Mandel.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
Blu-ray; 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio in English; Dolby Digital mono. in English and French; Dolby Digital 5.1 in Spanish; region A.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
English, French or Spanish dialogue; Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Thai subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Rene Auberjonois, David Arkin, Jo Ann Pflug, Gary Burghoff, Fred Williamson, Bud Cort.
Director of photography, Harold E. Stine ; film editor, Danford B. Greene ; music, Johnny Mandel.
Based on the novel : MASH / by Richard Hooker.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969.
Canadian home video rating: 14A.
MPAA rating: R; for sexual content.
Army surgeons Hawkeye Pierce, Duke, and Trapper John shake things up at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. They try to escape the horrors of war with humor and a martini or two, much to the chagrin of Major Frank Burns.
Special features: The complete interactive guide to M*A*S*H ; audio commentary with director Robert Altman ; theatrical trailer ; Enlisted: The story of M*A*S*H ; History through the lens ; M*A*S*H reunion.