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MASH is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based on the novel written by Richard Hooker. Centering upon an outfit of medical personnel stationed at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, the film stars Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould. Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Roger Bowen, Gary Burghoff, Bud Cort and Fred Williamson are also featured. MASH went on to inspire the television series M*A*S*H.

Awards

The film won the 1970 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for five Academy Awards and won an Oscar for its screenplay. It was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected in 1996 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 1998, the film was recognized by the American Film Institute (AFI) as one of the 100 greatest American films; two years later, AFI recognized it as one of the 10 funniest American films.

Unique touch

MASH famously juxtaposes gory operating room procedures with rebellious humor; occasionally these two elements co-exist within the same shot. The plot is episodic, and is marked by Altman's trademark sound editing style, in which each scene contains several simultaneous or overlapping conversations, as well as his eye-catching use of zoom.

Cast

Donald Sutherland
as Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Elliott Gould
as Capt. John Francis Xavier "Trapper John" McIntyre
Tom Skerritt
as Capt. Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest
Sally Kellerman
as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Robert Duvall
as Major Frank Burns
Roger Bowen
as Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake
René Auberjonois as Father John Patrick "Dago Red" Mulcahy
John Schuck
as Capt. Walter Koskiusko "The Painless Pole" Waldowski, DDS
David Arkin
as SSgt. Vollmer/PA Announcer
Jo Ann Pflug
as Lt. Maria "Dish" Schneider
Gary Burghoff
as Corporal "Radar" O'Reilly
Fred Williamson
as Capt. Oliver Harmon "Spearchucker" Jones
Michael Murphy
as Capt. Ezekiel Bradbury "Me Lay" Marston IV

Trivia

In the director's commentary on the DVD release, Altman says that this was the first major studio film to use the word "fuck" in its dialogue, the word being spoken during the football game near the end of the film.

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