"M*A*S*H" Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (1983)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Alan Alda

Writers:

Alan Alda (written by) and
Burt Metcalfe (written by) ...

TV Series:

"M*A*S*H" (1972)

Original Air Date:

28 February 1983 (Season 11, Episode 16)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

In the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Korean War | Casualty Of War | M A S H | Medical | Surgery

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
Mike Farrell	...	Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt
Harry Morgan	...	Col. Sherman T. Potter
Loretta Swit	...	Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
David Ogden Stiers	...	Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III
Jamie Farr	...	Sgt. Maxwell 'Max' Q. Klinger
William Christopher	...	Capt. Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy
Allan Arbus	...	Maj. Sidney Freedman
G.W. Bailey	...	Sgt. Luther Rizzo
Rosalind Chao	...	Soon-Lee Klinger
John Shearin	...	The Chopper Pilot
Kellye Nakahara	...	Lt. Kellye Yamato
Jeff Maxwell	...	Pvt. Igor Straminsky
Lang Yun	...	The Woman on Bus
Jon Van Ness	...	'Truman'

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

This episode has the most writers credited for a single episode in the entire series run with eight writers.

Goofs:

Continuity: The tank that is erratically driven into camp by the wounded soldier is a Patton tank, but when Hawkeye drives it back out of camp, it is a Sherman tank.

Quotes:

[Maj. Winchester was followed by Chinese musicians, one of whom was pushing a motorcycle]
Maj. Winchester: [to Col. Potter] I believe these gentlemen have surrendered.
Col. Potter: [to one of the POWs' guards] Let's get them inside and process them, Corporal.
[to those Chinese musicians]
Col. Potter: Come on, boys. Not too much solid food right away.
Col. Potter: [to one of the POWs' guards] They probably couldn't hold it down.
B.J.: [pushing that motorcycle] I'll make sure the motorcycle doesn't escape.

Movie Connections:

Edited from "M*A*S*H: Bug Out (#5.1)" (1976)

Soundtrack:

Oh! Susanna

one of the best tv movies ever made

I watched M*A*S*H growing up as a kid. When it all started. When I watched the series finale in 1983 I was all choked up. I felt as if I lost my family. Every cast member from Mclean Stevenson Col. Blake to PVT Igor. As it has been said all great and wonderful things such as M*A*S*H must come to an end. I have just got done watching Goodbye, Farewell and Amen again on the FX channel. No matter what every time I watch it I get a big lump in my throat from beginning to end where Hawkeye reads his message from B.J.. To this day I still watch M*A*S*H the 30 minute episodes. There was no better way to end the series as the producers and creators have done. Once again to all the M*A*S*H fans out there and the crew and cast Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.