M*A*S*H (Widescreen Edition)

It's very hard to find this movie anywhere else. The copy we ordered worked perfectly well, and we got to enjoy a classic comedy.

This was a good product. I like the Movie and enjoyed the DVD very much. The service was execellent. I received the iotem sooner than the stayed amount of time.

This review is for the 2-Disc DVD set.
The Korean war lasted from 1950-53. The Vietnam War lasted from 1964-73.
This motion picture came around with the most perfect timing. Both wars were difficult for young American men who had to fight there leaving their innocence behind and suffer mental problems for many years after the war.
This motion picture M*A*S*H was not meant to stir up bad, forgotten memories, but to offer comic relief. It is meant for you to have a good laugh watching this film about the Mobile Auxiliary Surgical Hospital 4077 in Korea (It was actually fimed in Malibu, California).
Cast includes: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Robert DuVall, Rene Auberjonois, Sally kellerman, John Shuck, Jo Ann Pflug, Fred Williamson, Michael Murphy, Gary Burghoff, Carl Gottlieb, Tamara Horrocks, Burt Cord, Roger Bowen and Kim Atwood plays "Ko-Jon".
Only Gary Burghoff continued his role for the entire M*A*S*H tv series that followed. G. Wood (General Hammond) appeared in the first 3 episodes.

The story of M*A*S*H continued in:
M*A*S*H tv series (1972-83)
After MASH tv series (1983-84) with Harry Morgan,Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr, William Christopher.
Trapper John MD tv series (1979-86)

Other reunions:
Remebering MASH 30th Anniversary Cast & Crew Reunion (Fox Movie Channel)
Memories of M*A*S*H, November 25, 1991
Diagnosis Murder, episode "Drill For Death", January 22, 1998 with Elliott Gold, Sally Kellerman, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Loretta Swit.
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion, 2002.
CBS at 75, November 2003.

DVD shown in widescreen.
Special Features: Disc 1 American Movie Classics Backstory: M*A*S*H
Disc 2: 40-minute featurette "The Story of MASH". 44-minute featurette: MASH: Comedy Under Fire.
Film Restoration
Easter Egg: On Disc 2 main Menu. Press "down" button 3 times. The signs will highlight. Each sign contains audio tracks.
Audio commentary by Robert Altman, theatrical trailer. Still Gallery.

M*A*S*H was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Supporting Actress--Sally Kellerman, Director--Robert Altman, Film Editing.
It won the Academy Award for Best Writing for Screenplay-Ring Lardner Jr.

People are human. This movie shows how humans put into very dangerous and bad situations can rip, tear and put back together. It shows the resiliancy of the human spirit. Even though the actors weren't the most well known at the time, they have proved their strength in the characters. The characters are smart, witty and easily identifiable with. This is a movie you should not miss.

In the Seventies, while the Hollywood mainstream foundered, the finest American films were made by Robert Altman... A natural outsider, he intuitively opposed the heroic traditions of Hollywood's seamless narratives to create a fresh, personal style and a consistently provocative critique of The American Dream...

Only with "MASH," however, did his unique style first make itself felt... This seemingly chaotic black comedy, about a mobile army medical unit's anarchic adventures during the Korean War, made inventive use of a large cast, barely comprehensible multi-track dialog and a spontaneity of performance verging on the improvisational... But for all its gleeful mockery of conventional war heroics, the film (clearly intended to evoke the Vietnam War) was flawed by cynical cliché; sadly, but perhaps not surprisingly, it remains Altman's greatest commercial success...