Overview
Release Date:
6 April 1970 (Brazil)
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Tagline:
M*A*S*H Hysteria
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Plot:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 14 wins
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19 nominations
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User Comments:
A Great War Comedy
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| Donald Sutherland | ... | Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce |

| Elliott Gould | ... | Capt. John Francis Xavier 'Trapper' McIntyre |

| Tom Skerritt | ... | Capt. Augustus 'Duke' Forrest |
 | Sally Kellerman | ... | Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan |

| Robert Duvall | ... | Maj. Frank Marion 'Ferret Face' Burns |
 | Roger Bowen | ... | Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake |

| Rene Auberjonois | ... | Lt. Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy |
 | David Arkin | ... | SSgt. Wade Douglas Vollmer |
 | Jo Ann Pflug | ... | Lt. Maria 'Dish' Schneider |
 | Gary Burghoff | ... | Cpl. Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly |
 | Fred Williamson | ... | Capt. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones |

| Michael Murphy | ... | Capt. Ezekiel 'Me Lai' Marston IV |
 | Indus Arthur | ... | Lt. Leslie |
 | Ken Prymus | ... | Pvt. Seidman |
 | Bobby Troup | ... | SSgt. Gorman |
 | Kim Atwood | ... | Ho-Jon |
 | Timothy Brown | ... | Cpl. Judson (as Tim Brown) |
 | John Schuck | ... | Capt. Walter 'Painless' Waldowski |
 | Dawne Damon | ... | Lt. Storch |

| Carl Gottlieb | ... | Capt. 'Ugly John' Black |
 | Tamara Wilcox-Smith | ... | Capt. Bridget 'Knocko' McCarthy (as Tamara Horrocks) |
 | G. Wood | ... | Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond |

| Bud Cort | ... | Pvt. Lorenzo Boone |
 | Danny Goldman | ... | Capt. Murrhardt |

| Corey Fischer | ... | Capt. Dennis Patrick Bandini |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
 | Rick Neilan | ... | Hammond's Aide |
 | Stephen Altman | ... | Duke's 5-Year-Old Son (uncredited) |
 | Tommy Brown | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | Buck Buchanan | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | Craig Chudy | ... | Football Player (uncredited) |
 | Jack Concannon | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |

| Michael Consoldane | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | Cathleen Cordell | ... | Capt. Peterson, Nurse Corps (uncredited) |
 | Ben Davidson | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | James B. Douglas | ... | Col. Wallace C. Merril (uncredited) |
 | Tom Falk | ... | Corporal (uncredited) |
 | John Fujioka | ... | Japanese Golf Pro (uncredited) |

| Sumi Haru | ... | Japanese Nurse (uncredited) |

| Buck Holland | ... | Helicopter pilot (uncredited) |
 | Susan Ikeda | ... | Japanese Caddie (uncredited) |
 | Dale Ishimoto | ... | Korean Doctor (uncredited) |
 | Jerry Jones | ... | Motor Pool Sergeant (uncredited) |
 | Joe Kapp | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | Ted Knight | ... | Offstage Dialog (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Harvey Levine | ... | 2nd Lieutenant (uncredited) |
 | Weaver Levy | ... | Korean Doctor (uncredited) |
 | Marvin Miller | ... | Offstage Dialog (voice) (uncredited) |
 | John Myers | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | Lloyd Nelson | ... | Offstage Voice (uncredited) |
 | Monica Peterson | ... | Pretty W.A.C. Receptionist (uncredited) |
 | Masami Saito | ... | Japanese Caddie (uncredited) |
 | Howard Schnellenberger | ... | Referee at football game (uncredited) |
 | Samantha Scott | ... | Nurse / Pin-up Model (uncredited) |
 | Noland Smith | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. 'Superbug' (uncredited) |
 | Fran Tarkenton | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |

| Dianne Turley Travis | ... | Correspondent (uncredited) |
 | Johnny Unitas | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |

| Sal Viscuso | ... | P.A. Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Hiroko Watanabe | ... | Japanese Prostitute (uncredited) |
 | Howard Williams | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | Tom Woodeschick | ... | Football Player, 325th Evac. (uncredited) |
 | Yoko Young | ... | Japanese Servant (uncredited) |
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
M*A*S*H (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Rated R for sexual content. (edited version)
Runtime:
116 min | USA:112 min (PG version)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Robert Altman says that during filming,
Elliott Gould and
Donald Sutherland together went to the studio and complained that Altman was filming too much of the secondary characters. They requested that he be removed from the film, but the studio refused. After the film was completed and received its accolades, only Gould confessed the matter to Altman. As a result, he received parts in other Altman pictures, whereas the director never again used Sutherland.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Hawkeye first appears and is waiting for his driver, it is raining and there are puddles on the ground. When he and Duke drive off with the jeep, the sun is out and the ground is dry.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in
Shaft (1971)
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Soundtrack:
Onward, Christian Soldiers
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This is truly the best military comedy ever made. It is funny, yet it realistically depicts the savagery of war and the non-chalance it gradually inspires in its victims. For example, some of the funniest, yet also most disturbing, moments in the film come when the doctors are operating on wounded soldiers, complete with gruesome sound effects, yet are discussing extremely trivial matters.
The film also benefits from some great performances. Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould were excellent as Hawkeye and Trapper John. They both had a streak of good movies during the 70s. Robert Duvall is amusing as a pious major whose fanaticism drives our heroes to extreme measures. Sally Kellerman and Tom Skerrit also put in good performances in their roles; it is a pity that these two actors are not better utilized nowadays.