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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

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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