MASH

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MASH is a 1970 satirical black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman, renowned for its irreverent take on the Korean War and its influential role in the New Hollywood era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film
film
satirical film
war film
award Palme d’Or
surface form: Palme d'Or
awardedBy Cannes Film Festival
awardYear 1970
basedOn MASH self-linksurface differs
surface form: MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
basedOnAuthor Richard Hooker
character Duke Forrest
Father Mulcahy
Frank Burns
Hawkeye Pierce
Henry Blake
Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Trapper John McIntyre
cinematographer Harold E. Stine
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert Altman
distributor 20th Century Fox
editor Gerald B. Greenberg
surface form: Danford B. Greene
filmRating R
genre black comedy
satire
war
influenced MASH self-linksurface differs
surface form: M*A*S*H (TV series)
language English
musicBy Johnny Mandel
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
notableFor anti-war themes
irreverent depiction of military life
use of overlapping dialogue
partOf New Hollywood
surface form: New Hollywood era
producer Ingo Preminger
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseYear 1970
runtimeMinutes 116
screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr.
setDuring Korean War
starring Donald Sutherland
Elliott Gould
Rene Auberjonois
Robert Duvall
Roger Bowen
Sally Kellerman
Tom Skerritt
themeSong Suicide Is Painless
winnerOf Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

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Roger Bowen appearedIn MASH
this entity surface form: MASH (1970 film)
Larry Gelbart basedOn MASH
this entity surface form: M*A*S*H (film)
Auberjonois notableWork MASH
subject surface form: René Auberjonois
this entity surface form: M*A*S*H (film)