Rich characters, the film offers a poignant portrait of the madness of war. What makes M*A*S*H so extraordinary, however, is that beyond its hilarious antics and
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The film's climactic football game, one of Hollywood's funniest (featuring a number of onetime pro players), pits the MASH unit against a crack team brought in by a general who has been investigating the unit.Ĭlever camera setups, Altman's patented overlapping dialogue, wonderful sight gags and situations, and universally fine ensemble performances combine to make this one the most enjoyable war-themed films ever. At the root of all this foolishness, however, is the attempt to mitigate the otherwise overwhelming bleakness of the war, to distract the doctors and nurses from the In both cases the story revolved around a group of Doctors and Nurses and supporting cast who operated a forward field hospital in Korea during the Korean War. (aviators and hospital corpsmen) who were POWs returned to military control, as well as 5 of the. Lovemaking session over the camp public address system and the collapse of the women's shower to reveal the naked Maj. National Archives records relating to the Korean War /. Among the terrible trio's shenanigans are the broadcast of a Burns-Houlihan Frank Burns (Duvall), a by-the-book prig. Martini-swilling, prank-playing, but compassionate and capable battlefield surgeons who make life miserable for chief nurse Hot Lips Houlihan (Kellerman) and fellow surgeon Maj.
Hawkeye Pierce (Sutherland), Trapper John (Gould), and Duke Forrest (Skerritt) are the Set during the Korean War but made at the height of the war in Vietnam, Robert Altman's exceptional antiwar comedy-drama follows the fortunes of a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit.