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During the 1940s and early 1950s, Wayne starred in Dark Command (1940), Reap the Wild Wind (1942), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), and Red River (1948). Some of his more notable war movies include Flying Tigers (1942), The Fighting Seabees (1944), They Were Expendable (1945 ...
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All motion pictures made and exhibited before 1929 are indisputably in the public domain in the United States. This date will move forward one year, every year, meaning that films released in 1929 will enter the public domain in 2025, films from 1930 in 2026, and so on, concluding with films from 1977 entering the public domain in 2073.
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In 1951, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea is assigned two new surgeons, "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Duke" Forrest, who arrive in a stolen Army Jeep. They are insubordinate, womanizing, mischievous rule-breakers, but they soon prove to be excellent combat surgeons. Other characters already stationed at the camp include the bungling ...
Development and writing
The screenplay, by Ring Lardner Jr., is different from Hooker's original novel. In the DVD audio commentary, Altman describes the novel as "pretty terrible" and somewhat "racist" (the only major black character has the nickname "Spearchucker"; however, he's a highly-trained neurosurgeon, and in the book, treated as an equal to the main white characters). He claims that the screenplay was used only as a springboard. Despite this assertion by Altman, however, while some improvisation occurs in...
Filming and production
Altman, relatively new to the filmmaking establishment at that time, lacked the credentials to justify his unorthodox filmmaking process and had a history of turning down work rather than creating a poor-quality product. Altman: "I had practice working for people who don't care about quality, and I learned how to sneak it in." "Twentieth Century-Fox had two other wars going on, Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora!" Altman remembered. "Those were big-budget pictures, and we were cheap. I knew that if...
Soundtrack music
Johnny Mandel composed incidental music used throughout the film. Also heard on the soundtrack are Japanese vocal renditions of such songs as "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy", "My Blue Heaven", "Happy Days Are Here Again", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", and "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo"; impromptu performances of "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "When the Lights Go On Again", and "Hail to the Chief" by cast members; and the instrumental "Washington Post March" during the climactic football game. M*A*S*H features the song "S...
Soundtrack album
Columbia Masterworks issued a soundtrack album of the film in 1970 (all songs by Johnny Mandelunless otherwise noted): 1. "Suicide Is Painless(Michael Altman, lyrics and Johnny Mandel, music)" 2. "Duke and Hawkeye Arrive at M.A.S.H." 3. "The Operating Theater" / "Happy Days Are Here Again" 4. "Major Houlihan and Major Burns" 5. "Painless Suicide, Funeral, and Resurrection" 6. "'Hot Lips' Shows Her True Colors" / "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 7. "Moments to Remember" / "Happy Days Are Here Again" 8....
Home media
M*A*S*H received its first home video release in 1977 on both VHS and Betamax. This 1977 release of the film was the original, unedited version and was one of the first 50 titles released to home video by Magnetic Video Corporation (M*A*S*Hwas number #38). Ster-Kinekor Video and Fox Video released the film with 20th Century Fox, which was released in 1992 in South Africa. In the 1990s, Fox Video re-released a VHS version of the film as part of its "Selections" banner, which ran 116 minutes an...
Box office
M*A*S*H was a box-office hit; it was the third highest-grossing film released in 1970 (behind Love Story and Airport). The film opened January 25, 1970, at the Baronet Theatre in New York City and grossed $37,143 in its first week. According to 20th Century-Fox records, the film required $6,550,000 in rentals to break even, and by 11 December 1970 had made $31,225,000, thus making a profit for the studio. Ultimately, the film made $81.6 millionagainst a budget of $3 million. It was the sixth...
Critical response
M*A*S*H received critical acclaim from critics. The film holds an 84% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 56 reviews, with an average rating of 8.30/10. The website's consensus states, "Bold, timely, subversive, and above all, funny, M*A*S*H remains a high point in Robert Altman's distinguished filmography." The film also holds a score of 80 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In a rave review, John Mahoney of The Hollywood Reporter...
Accolades
In 1996, M*A*S*H was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Battle Circus, a 1953 Humphrey Bogartfilm, also set in a Korean War MASH unitInformational notes Citations Further reading 1. Eagan, Daniel (2010) America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 659–660. ISBN 0826429777
M*A*S*H at the American Film Institute CatalogM*A*S*H at IMDbM*A*S*H at the TCM Movie DatabaseM*A*S*H at AllMovie- $3 million
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