M*A*S*H, unlike many war films, has an anti-war message, but delivers it with a light touch through moderate anarchy, bizarre conversation, and the boredom, stress, and resentment of the draftedphysicians. The film's critics disliked the film's limits on war carnage in favor of camp existence, and also for a certain callous attitude, notably in the treatment of the characters Major Burns (Duvall) and Major O'Houlihan (Kellerman).
The film is episodic, with considerable changes in tone and marked by Altman's trademark style of overlapping conversations or sounds and unusual use of zoom. In the director's commentary on the DVD release of this film, Altman claims that this was the first movie to dare use the word "fuck" (spoken during the football game near the end of the film). This is perhaps untrue, however, as the movies I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname and Ulysses (both released in 1967) each claim to be the first to utter the famous profanity.
M*A*S*H is a satirical American fl comedy novel written by Richard Hooker.
It was made into a film directed by Robert Altman and released in 1970.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
M*A*S*H was an American television series created by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1961 novel Catch 22, the 1968 Richard Hooker novel MASH and the 1970film of the same name.
M*A*S*H was a weekly half-hour situation comedy, sometimes described as “fl comedy” or a dramedy, due to the dramatic subject material often presented.
M*A*S*H maintained a relatively constant ensemble cast, with four characters – Hawkeye, Mulcahy, Houlihan and Klinger – appearing on the show for all eleven of the seasons in which it ran.
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