

One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.
Direction
Altman's revolutionary sound design—seven conversations at once, somehow coherent
Acting
Gould and Sutherland's unscripted chemistry, barely controlled chaos
Writing
Ring Lardner Jr.'s Oscar-winning script born from Altman's actor improvisation

Director
Robert Altman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Altman only got hired because fifteen other directors passed; the studio forgot to review the dailies until it was too late to stop him.
The iconic TV series exists because the film's success was accidental—Altman later called the show 'the antithesis of what we tried to do.' Sally Kellerman's Oscar-nominated performance was nearly cut entirely.