The film inspired the television series M*A*S*H, which ran from 1972 to 1983. Gary Burghoff, who played Radar O'Reilly, was the only actor playing a major character who appeared in both the movie and the TV series. Altman despised the TV series, calling it "the antithesis of what we were trying to do" with the movie. [5] Plot [ edit ] I have no idea what the cork clipboard (used to hold the booklet) inside the front cover of the case is all about... Sure, it's cute, but ultimately just takes up valuable space that could have been used to better effect.

Box Office in France". Box Office Story. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14 . Retrieved 2021-06-14.For those of you who have already bought the M*A*S*H discs, you don't need to buy the M*A*S*H: The Martinis & Medicine Collection box set -- unless of course, you want the extras. I've already seen many of the extras included in this set appear on television, and without any commentaries for individual episodes, the extras' appeal is limited. If you haven't bought any of the previous discs, I would recommend you buy the M*A*S*H: The Martinis & Medicine Collection, just for the fact that it's a convenient way to collect the whole series in one fell swoop. However, be forewarned: high-def DVDs are coming (and if they don't prove to kill the standard DVD, some other form of media will come along and do it). So don't be surprised in the next few years that another M*A*S*H box set will be released (probably with those commentaries you just know they've already taped). The question is: do you want to wait, or do you want to enjoy the show now? Life's too short, as far as I'm concerned, so if you're a fan of the show, buy the M*A*S*H: The Martinis & Medicine Collection. It may be poorly assembled, but the entire series is here, along with the movie that inspired it, and it offers literally hundreds of hours of quality TV entertainment to the buyer -- for any M*A*S*H fan, it would be a smashing Christmas present under the tree. Therefore, I highly recommend the M*A*S*H: The Martinis & Medicine Collection. Bronco Bullfrog at the BBFC (Infrequent strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as a single written use of very strong language ('c**t') which appears as graffiti on a wall.)". Archived from the original on 2021-02-07 . Retrieved 2021-01-28. The Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made. New York: Warner Books. 1996. p. 49.

The film depicts a unit of medical personnel stationed at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War. It stars Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, and Elliott Gould, with Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, René Auberjonois, Gary Burghoff, Roger Bowen, Michael Murphy, and in his film debut, professional football player Fred Williamson. Although the Korean War is the film's storyline setting, the subtext is the Vietnam War – a current event at the time the film was made. [1] Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau, who saw the film in college, said M*A*S*H was "perfect for the times, the cacophony of American culture was brilliantly reproduced onscreen". [2] 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 bumbling commanding officer Henry Blake, his hyper-competent chief clerk Radar O'Reilly, dentist Walter "Painless Pole" Waldowski, the incompetent and pompous surgeon Frank Burns, and the contemplative Chaplain Father Mulcahy. M*A*S*H, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012 . Retrieved January 29, 2012.

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