Though never mentioned by name, based on information from The Animatrix (2003) the Machine City is actually called "Zero-One" and located in the Empty Quarter in Saudi Arabia. This, as well as Zion as the last human settlement, would imply most of the main action of the film franchise takes place in the Middle East.
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During Painless' suicide ceremony, the group at the table depict Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper", with "Painless" Waldowski in Jesus' place.
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With its initial box-office take of $41 million in 1970 dollars, this movie, up until that time, was the second highest grossing comedy film of all time, coming in just below only The Graduate (1967). On an inflation adjusted basis, MASH still (as of 2020) ranks highly on the list of highest grossing comedy films.
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During the opening titles, when the soldier carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher trips and falls down, it had not been scripted by Ring Lardner Jr.. It was actually an accident by the actor who tripped over something. Robert Altman decided that instead of editing it out, to use it to foreshadow the dark humor theme as the movie's first small, but real, laugh.
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In tMAS*He movie MAS*Hot Lips MAS*Has no sexual contact witMAS*H MAS*Hawkeye or Trapper, but MAS*He does MAS*Hook up witMAS*H tMAS*He tMAS*Hird Swamp man Duke Forrest. WMAS*Hen tMAS*He otMAS*Her boys catcMAS*H tMAS*He two togetMAS*Her Trapper puMAS*Hes MAS*Him down in a jokey but bullying fMAS*Hion to puniMAS*H MAS*Him for MAS*Howing favor to tMAS*He camp nerd. TMAS*His is different from MAS*MAS*H (1972), wMAS*Here Margaret is not intimate witMAS*H Duke, wMAS*Ho is only in a couple of early episodes, but MAS*He does MAS*Have romantic flings witMAS*H botMAS*H MAS*Hawkeye and Trapper.
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When Donald Sutherland's parents went to see the film, his father stood up and said "Hi, Donny!" after the scene where Hawkeye says "Hi, Dad" to the camerawoman in the Jeep.
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Robert Altman cast so many unknowns that after the few known actors and actresses (Tom Skerritt, Elliott Gould, etc.), the opening credits are entirely "Introducing".
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Bud Cort, who would later that year find fame starring in Harold and Maude (1971) with Ruth Gordon; debuted in this movie. (He played Private Lorenzo Boone).
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When the movie was released, the military wanted not to run the movie in their theaters because of its anti-war message. The case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled the military could not withdraw the film for this reason. Instead, the military chose to run Patton (1970) in the following week, feeling that film was more complimentary to the military.
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When Ring Lardner Jr., visited the set, Robert Altman at first glance decided to start giving him shit: "Hey, somebody find the script! Here comes the writer!"
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Fourteen other film directors passed on directing this movie before it was offered to Robert Altman. Among those considered were Stanley Kubrick and Mike Nichols.
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According to Robert Altman, Ring Lardner Jr. was very upset with the liberties taken with his script. Lardner later won an Academy Award for his screenplay. Lardner allegedly told Elliott Gould, "There's not a word that I wrote on screen."
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In 1971, 20th Century Fox somewhat perversely reissued this film on a double bill with a very different kind of war film, Patton (1970).
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According to Johnny Mandel and Robert Altman, the film's famous theme song was intended to be the "stupidest song ever written". After attempting to write the lyrics himself, Altman said he found it too difficult to write "dumb enough", and instead gave to the task to his fourteen-year-old son. Mike Altman allegedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes, not even expecting to be paid, since he was the director's son.
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There was a cartoon parody of MASH called M-U-S-H (1975), which aired during ABC television network's Saturday morning children's block during the 1975-1976 television season. It featured an all dog cast modeled on both the movie version and TV version characters, with names like Bullseye (Hawkeye), Cold Lips (Hot Lips) and Colonel Flake (Colonel Blake). MUS*H stood for Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes.
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Premiere Magazine voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006. In the years since MASH premiered, it has been selected or voted to many best and greatest movie lists.
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Screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr. was the only Academy Award winner out of the movie's five nominations. Before winning the award, Lardner had practically disowned the movie when he saw that very little of his original script made it into the final cut.
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Film debut of G. Wood.
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According to Elliott Gould, Sylvester Stallone revealed to him that he was an extra in this film. When Gould later told this to Robert Altman, Altman refused to accept this as fact, because he was not a fan of Stallone's work.
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One of the first films to be released on VHS and Beta for home video, along with The Sound of Music (1965) and Patton (1970).
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