Robert Altman’s first commercial hit film follows a group of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital officers as they perform surgery and pass the time just miles from the front lines of the Korean Conflict. Led by Captains Hawkeye Pierce (Donald Sutherland) and Trapper John McIntyre (Elliott Gould), the officers employ anti-authoritarian humor to escape the horrors of war.
“Altman's black comedy perfectly expressed the anarchic, rebellious spirit of the 1970s with its blistering anti-war message and contempt for authority.” - BBC
Screening as part of our retrospective Donald Sutherland: (Never) The Guy Next Door
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