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Brewster McCloud

  • 1970
  • R
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
5.4K
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Brewster McCloud (1970)
An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.
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An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.

  • Director
    • Robert Altman
  • Writer
    • Doran William Cannon
  • Stars
    • Bud Cort
    • Shelley Duvall
    • Sally Kellerman
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    5.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Altman
    • Writer
      • Doran William Cannon
    • Stars
      • Bud Cort
      • Shelley Duvall
      • Sally Kellerman
    • 72User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

    Videos2

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    Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Margaret Hamilton, Stacy Keach, Rene Auberjonois, and Michael Murphy in Brewster McCloud (1970)
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    Bud Cort
    Bud Cort
    • Brewster
    Shelley Duvall
    Shelley Duvall
    • Suzanne
    Sally Kellerman
    Sally Kellerman
    • Louise
    Michael Murphy
    Michael Murphy
    • Shaft
    William Windom
    William Windom
    • Weeks
    Rene Auberjonois
    Rene Auberjonois
    • The Lecturer
    Stacy Keach
    Stacy Keach
    • Abraham Wright
    John Schuck
    John Schuck
    • Johnson
    Margaret Hamilton
    Margaret Hamilton
    • Daphne Heap
    Jennifer Salt
    Jennifer Salt
    • Hope
    Corey Fischer
    Corey Fischer
    • Hines
    G. Wood
    G. Wood
    • Crandall
    Bert Remsen
    Bert Remsen
    • Douglas Breen
    Angelin Johnson
    • Mrs. Breen
    Dean Goss
    • Officer Ledbetter
    William Baldwin
    • Bernard
    William Henry Bennet
    • Band Conductor
    Gary Chason
    • Camera Store Clark
    • (as Gary Wayne Chason)
    • Director
      • Robert Altman
    • Writer
      • Doran William Cannon
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Robert Altman hated the script so much, he tossed it out and actors were coached on lines as they shot scenes.
    • Goofs
      Shaft's Camaro Z28 changes from a Z28/Rally Sport (a.k.a. Z28/RS) to a base Z28 during the chase. A base 1970 Camaro Z28 has the parking lights below the headlights; the Z28/Rally Sport has the parking lights next to the headlights, as well as an open-aired grille.
    • Quotes

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: [Shaft is asking the butler about Brewster] How tall was he?

      Butler: Oh, short. Very short, like you.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: I'm six one, Milhouse.

      Butler: You are? I'm five nine and you look shorter than me.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: You're standing on the steps.

      Butler: Oh. So I am.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: Alright, where were you when you interviewed him?

      Butler: Here. Right here, where we are.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: You were up there and he was down here. Is that right?

      Butler: I think so.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: Let's see, those steps are about eight inches, so that means if he was six foot one he would have looked to you to be about 16 inches shorter. About four nine.

      Butler: Right. Under five feet. Short. Only I think I was down here.

      [He steps down to the floor]

      Butler: And he was there.

      [Shaft climbs up one step]

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: What the hell would he be doing up here?

      Butler: Well, he was short, like I said, and maybe it made him feel better.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: [Shaft sits on the step] Alright, he was up here and you were down there. Is that right?

      Butler: Right.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: And he looked to you to be about four foot nine?

      Butler: That's right, short.

      Det. Lt. Frank Shaft: Jesus Christ, Milhouse, if he was four foot nine and he was standing on sixteen inches of steps that'd make him only three foot five.

      Butler: That's right. He was short like you.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are done twice. The credits are superimposed over Daphne Heap (Margaret Hamilton) rehearsing "The Star-Spangled Banner" with a marching band in the Astrodome. She stops the song and accuses the band of being on the wrong key. The band begins again, and the credits also start over, with the same titles repeated with the "better" version of the song. One of the opening credits reads: "Title song by Francis Scott Key"
    • Connections
      Featured in The Directors: The Films of Robert Altman (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Lift Every Voice and Sing (Black National Hymn)
      Written by J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson

      Performed by Merry Clayton

      [Played during the opening credits]

    User reviews72

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    An execrable film
    Very strange movie about a boy working on wings and planning to fly away. Or at least about the Houston Astrodome. Oh yeah, there's some murder and sex. And some sort of Oedipal thing. Also, Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch) appears in a cameo, sounding like her character from 1939. And there's some sort of Wizard of Oz statement being made. Ruby slippers, girls dressed up like Dorothy. Whatever. A waste of time. Some will pretend to like this eccentric mess, I suppose, but trust me, nobody is popping this in the VCR after seeing it once.
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    10
    • saccenti
    • Oct 26, 1999

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 1971 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Brewster McCloud's (Sexy) Flying Machine
    • Filming locations
      • 8686 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas, USA(AstroWorld Hotel - Shaft checks into - Crowne Plaza since 2011.)
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Lion's Gate Films
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    • Budget
      • $5,600,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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